10-14-2008 18:02 UTC-3

Whelan Almost Out

[user38368]

In the cutoff, Samuel Oberlin raises to 20,000 and Derek Whelan calls. The flop is {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

and Derek checks. Samuel bets 25,000 and Derek raises all in. Samuel insta-calls with {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

and Derek has {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

.

The turn is {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

and Derek picks up more outs, but the river of {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

is none of them. Whelan is down to 20,000. He folds his small blind on the next hand and has just 15,000 left. Samuel has 298,000.