01-16-2008 13:52 UTC+10

Aces vs. Kings

[user24788]

Early on in the early stages of a tournament, players are reluctant to get all their chips in unless they wake up to monster hands like pocket Aces or Kings. More often than not, some of the early eliminations involve hands with players who were all in pre-flop with A-A vs. K-K.

We just had one of those instances. David Gent raised 2,000. Borge Dypvik re-raised to 5,000. Gent moved all in for 13,500. Dypvik called.

Dypvik: {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{A-Diamonds}

Gent:

{K-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{4-Spades}

{3-Clubs}

and Gent was eliminated. Dypvik dragged the pot and increased his stack to 32,000.

Tags: Borge Dypvik