06-28-2008 19:29 UTC-7

Hot Potato

[user75032]

The players are taking turns as the short stack. Currently, that role is being played by Alessio Isaia. He led the betting all the way to sixth street with chip leader Ryan Hughes, drawing into a board of x-x / {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{J-Diamonds}

. On sixth street, Hughes raised him with x-x / {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

{2-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

. Isaia made the call, then check-called the river.

Hughes turned over a pair of sevens for high, and 8-7-3-2-A for low. Isaia couldn't come up with even a pair, despite a huge draw, and disgustedly threw his 8-7-6-5-3 low away, turning to Max Pescatori on the rail and complaining bitterly in Italian.

Hughes is back up around 950,000, while Isaia slips to about 150,000.