12-07-2008 14:12 UTC+11

English Joins the Party

[user75032]

Timothy English has won his first pot of the day. He raised to 52,000 preflop and was called by Frank Saffioti. On an all-spade flop, {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{4-Spades}

, English made it 80,000 to go. Saffioti called.

The turn was a fourth spade, the {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

. English checked to Saffioti, who made an 80,000-chip bet of his own. English called to a river of {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

, which both players checked. Saffioti showed down {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

for top pair, top kicker, but he had been out-flopped by English's {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

.

English is up to 1.1 million; Saffioti has slipped to 520,000.

Tags: Frank Saffioti Timothy English