07-10-2009 13:25 UTC-12

Pair v. Pair Knocks Down Hansen

[user66118]

The player under the gun limped into the pot, and Thor Hansen raised it up to 9,000. The limper called, and it was heads up to the flop. It came down {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{10-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

. After a check in front of him, Hansen grabbed an uncounted stack of orange chips (it ended up being 55,000), and slammed them onto the felt. His opponent quickly moved all in for just a few thousand more, and Hansen called to put him at risk. Thor turned over {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

, while the limp-caller had snuck in with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

. The turn {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

and river

{9-Hearts}

locked up the pot, and Hansen sends a double up across the felt. He's slipped back to 152,000 now.

Tags: Thor Hansen