08-20-2009 19:14 UTC+3

Fitzgerald Finds His Card

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Alex Fitzgerald

From late position, Alex Fitzgerald opened with a raise to 5,100. In one of the blinds, Alexey Maslov three-bet it up to 16,800, and Fitzgerald eventually moved all in for a total of 54,500. After a short pause, his opponent made the call to put Fitzgerald at risk.

Fitzgerald tabled {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

, and he was pleased to see that he was drawing live versus the {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

of Maslov. The flop brought another reason to be happy as it came {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

to pull Fitzgerald into a big lead. The turn {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

sealed the deal, giving him the unbeatable trip eights, and securing him a double up back over 100,000 for the first time in many hours.

Tags: Alex Fitzgerald Alexey Maslov