06-03-2009 16:34 UTC-12

Drache and Wahlbeck - Toe to Toe

[user66118]

We join the action on sixth street, heads up between Eric Drache and Ville Wahlbeck. Drache's up cards read {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{10-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

{7-Spades}

, and he put out a bet into Wahlbeck's dangerous looking {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{J-Hearts}

{K-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

board. Wahlbeck called, and both players checked seventh street. Drache tabled {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

, making queens up. It was good; Wahlbeck pushed his cards into the muck, leaving himself just about 150,000 chips to play with.

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On the next hand, Wahlbeck got it all in on fifth street, again tangling with Drache. Drache's board came out ( {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

) /

{5-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{6-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

/ (

{A-Spades}

) for two pair once again. Wahlbeck could top that, running out his ( {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

) /

{7-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

/ (

{7-Spades}

) board. His ace-high diamond flush locked up the pot, earning him a timely double up. After losing most of his stack to Drache, he has climbed back up over 400,000 courtesy of the same man.

Tags: Eric Drache Ville Wahlbeck