07-15-2009 07:11 UTC-12

Early Double for Short-Stacked Balmigere

Shamus

Francois hits his Ace on the turn

Ben Lamb raised to 265,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Francois Balmigere who pushed all in from the small blind for about 1.35 million. Ludovic Lacay folded from the big blind, and Lamb made the call.

Balmigere showed {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

and Lamb

{K-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

. The flop was {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{J-Clubs}

{J-Diamonds}

, changing nothing, but the {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

brought a response from the crowd as Balmigere was now in the lead. The river was the {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

, and Balmigere survives.

Balmigere has 2.75 million now, and Lamb 8.1 million.

Tags: Ben Lamb Francois Balmigere