03-26-2010 23:41 UTC+2

Carson Doubles; Cruises to the Chip Lead

Mickey Doft

Russell Carson

Russell Carson raised to 250,000 on the button and Allan Bække shoved all in with the big stack. Carson immediately called all in for about 3.5 million. The hands were:

Carson: {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Diamonds}

Bække:

{4-Clubs}

{4-Spades}

The flop made it intersting, coming out {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

giving Bække a straight draw. The {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

turn card took away some outs from Bække and the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

river sealed the hand for Carson, propelling him to the chip lead with over 7 million.

Allan Bække drops to a little over 4 million.

Tags: Allan Bække Russell Carson