Rumit for Improvement

Fresh off a GUKPT final table in London, Rumit Somaiya appears to have carried his good form overseas with a now 140,000 stack. I was going to ask how he obtained his chips, but I was left hanging on the sidelines as he proceeded to raise three hands in a row.

On the first one, he bumped it up to 2,800 from the button and received one caller in Andre Klebanov in the small blind. On the {Q-Diamonds}

flop, Klebanov led for circa 10,000, and Somaiya called. Both players checked the {J-Clubs}

turn, as well as the {5-Hearts}

river, although Rumit confessed, "I really should value bet this, but I won't". But it was lucky he didn't in the end, as his opponent had {K-Hearts}

to out-kick his {Q-Spades}

.

After picking up the blinds and antes with {7-Hearts}

on the next hand, Somaiya was in the thick of it once again a few moments later, raising it up to 2,800 from the hijack. This time, however, resistance was met in the form of Allen McAuley who pushed all in for an additional 9,100. "I must call, I guess," possibly wasn't what McAuley wanted to hear as he tabled {K-Clubs}

against Somaiya's {A-Spades}

. A

board later and Somaiya had retrieved the chips he'd lost earlier, and earned a scalp to boot.