09-02-2008 15:14 UTC+8

Comer Zigs Instead of Zags

[user75032]

Yevgeniy Timoshenko, fresh off his win last week at the APT Macau $5,000 buy-in event, opened the pot for 300. He was raised by Mark Griffiths in late position to 800. Only Michael Comer called the raise.

The flop came {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

, bringing a bet of 675 from Griffiths. Comer quickly raised 3,000 on top to a total of 3,675. His bet was called.

When the turn came {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

, Griffiths led into Comer again, this time for 3,000. Comer raised all in for over 10,000, and Griffiths quickly called all in for less. Comer had {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

, but Griffiths had turned the nut flush with {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

. Comer had a few remaining outs, but missed them when the river came {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

. He is down to 6,000. Griffiths has doubled to over 20,000.

Tags: Mark Griffiths Michael Comer