08-22-2009 21:33 UTC+8

Hallbrook Can't Believe It

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Crister Hallbrook proably thought he was being crafty when he smooth-called Kentaro Araki's open-raise to 15,000. He may have been more delighted when Chris Chau re-raised all in to 72,000 and Araki tanked. Arak eventually folded what he later said were pocket nines; Hallbrook snap-called with {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{K-Clubs}

and found himself up against Chau's {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{A-Spades}

!

The flop (of course) came nine-high, {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

. The turn and river blanked out to give Chau a double-up to about 150,000 while knocking a shocked Hallbrook under 100,000.

Tags: Chris Chau Crister Hallbrook