06-22-2009 09:38 UTC-12

More Doubling

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Jonathan Markham opened with an early position raise to 36,000. Action passed around to Joe Bartholdi, and he put in a reraise to 100,000. Markham moved all in, and Bartholdi slumped down in his chair. He asked for a count, and as the dealer was cutting down the chips, Bartholdi smirked and said, "This is gonna be ugly." The total count for Markham was 240,000, and Bartholdi did indeed make the call.

Markham tabled {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

, very far ahead of Bartholdi's {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{2-Hearts}

.

The flop brought a nine, but the rest of the board ran out bare: {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{5-Hearts}

{9-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{A-Diamonds}

. With a big clap of his hand and a loud, "Yes!" Markham has doubled up to a half-million chips.

Tags: Joe Bartholdi Jonathan Markham