06-15-2008 15:40 UTC-7

Birinder Nijran Triples Up

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Phil Hellmuth limped in, Nikolay Evdakov limped on the button, Birinder Nijran raised to 7,200 from the big blind and both Hellmuth and Evdakov called. The flop came down {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{10-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

. Nijran shoved all in and both his opponents called. The turn was the {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

. Hellmuth led out for a pot-sized bet of 49,200 and Evdakov folded.

On their backs--

Nijran {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

Hellmuth

{K-Clubs}

{Q-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

Nijran had flopped top set, but Hellmuth turned the nut straight and a flush re-draw. The river, though, was the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

, pairing the board and making Nijran a full house. He raked in the pot, tripling his stack to 60,000.

Tags: Birinder Nijran Nikolay Evadkov Phil Hellmuth