Dawson Sends One Up the Creek

We came on this hand with the board showing and about 7,000 already in the middle. Playing from the big blind, David Dawson led with a bet of 5,500, then Mohamad Saadeghvaziri reraised all in behind for approximately 12,000. A third player on the button folded, but Dawson called, turning over (overpair) to Saadeghvaziri 's (open-ended straight draw).

The turn was the and river the , and Saadeghvaziri is out, although it appears he is about to re-enter right away.

On the very next hand, Dawson would raise his small blind and take another small blind, then showed his hand — . Things are going well for Dawson at the moment, who right now has one of the bigger stacks in the room with more than 85,000.