08-29-2009 20:13 UTC+8

Botabayev Saved by the River

[user75032]

Darkhan Botabayev is counting his lucky stars right now after a huge double-up through chip leader Brandon Demes. The two players got all in preflop for 562,000 on a flip, with Demes tabling the slightly better {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

against Botabayev's {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

. Neither the flop {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{3-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

nor the turn {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

helped Botabayev's hand.

Down to his last card and just six outs, Botabayev stood up and shouted, "ACE!" That's exactly what he got -- the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

, to be precise. It made his hand a pair of aces and gave him a pot worth 1.15 million chips.

Demes is down to 945,000 chips.

Tags: Brandon Demes Darkhan Botabayev