01-22-2009 18:23 UTC+11

Cassidy Backs Into Two Pair

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Joe Cassidy has a poker angel looking over his shoulder. He checked a flop of {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

to Tom Pongrass, who opened for 20,000. Cassidy then raised all in to approximately 100,000 and was quickly called.

Pongrass: {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

Cassidy:

{K-Hearts}

{7-Diamonds}

Cassidy showed down two overcards and a gutshot draw against Pongrass' top and bottom pair. The turn {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

gave Cassidy a pair of kings and some hope; he staved off elimination by making a board pair with the {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

river to make kings and fives, better then Pongrass' sixes and fives.

Pongrass would have had an impressive stack if he had won the hand. Instead he's down to 385,000 and Cassidy is still alive with 264,000.

Tags: Joe Cassidy Tom Pongrass