01-20-2009 23:32 UTC+11

Diamonds are Mike Manttan's Best Friend

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Our reporter arrived on the scene at the river with the board reading {k-Diamonds}

{k-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{4-Clubs}

{6-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

. Both players were holding flushes that weren't the nuts, so the hand was going to come down to whether either player could make a big laydown. In this case, both players thought their hands were good. Ewan Morgan showed down his {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

which was trumped by the {j-Diamonds}

{j-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

of Mike Manttan.

Manttan scooped a pot worth approximately 65,000, to move his stack up to 93,000. Morgan drops to 44,000.

Tags: Ewan Morgan Mike Manttan