08-29-2008 21:40 UTC+8

Powell Can't Win Race

[user75032]

Julian Powell lost a third of his stack on a recent hand. After a preflop raise, a player in late position reraised all in for 20,000. Powell, sitting in the small blind, had a tough decision holding {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Hearts}

. Perhaps taking inspiration from this Chinese gambling mecca, he decided to gamble and made the call. The late position player had {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

for a classic race situation. Pocket nines held up when the board ran out {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

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With that loss, Powell has dipped to 48,000 in chips.

Tags: Julian Powell