06-22-2008 20:45 UTC-7

A River Straight Knocks Jurgens Down

donpeters

Limit Hold'em:

A early-position player raised and Tad Jurgens reraised. The player then raised again and Jurgens called. The flop came {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{J-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

and Jurgens raised his opponent's bet. His opponent called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

and Jurgens bet when checked to to get his opponent's last 175 in the middle. His opponent called and showed {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

. Jurgens held two pair with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

but wasn't happy to see the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

hit on the river, giving his opponent a straight and knocking Jurgens down to 5,000.

Tags: Tad Jurgens