12-06-2008 20:45 UTC+11

Guzzardi's Cowboys Hold

[user75032]

Michael Guzzardi found himself the short stack and needed chips if he wanted to avoid bubbling off the final table. He opened a pot to 55,000 from the cutoff. Action passed to Tom Rafferty in the small blind, who reraised to 218,000, enough to put Guzzardi all in. He called with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{K-Clubs}

and found himself against Rafferty's {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{Q-Hearts}

. Rafferty hit top pair, {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{3-Hearts}

then bricked out the rest of the way {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{10-Clubs}

.

Guzzardi dragged the pot and doubled up to 460,000. Rafferty's not hurting for chips despite dropping to 1,180,000.

Tags: Michael Guzzardi Tom Rafferty