07-03-2008 21:59 UTC-7

Fortin Sportin' Big Stack

Shamus

A player on the button open-raised to 1,200, Patrick Fortin reraised to 5,000 from the big blind, and the button pushed all in with to 10,000 total. Fortin called.

Fortin had {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Diamonds}

to his opponent's {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{10-Spades}

. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

{5-Spades}

and Fortin was still ahead. The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

, and now he was behind. But the {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

on the river gave Fortin the straight and knocked out his opponent.

Fortin is currently at the top of the chip counts with 125,000.

Tags: Patrick Fortin