Alexander Climbing Via Straight Flush
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
There was around 24,000 in the middle on a board of 
and action was on the big blind, who had checked and was facing a bet of 15,000 from Matt Alexander out of the cutoff. He thought for close to a minute and then tossed in chips to call.
"I have the nuts," said Alexander, tabling 
for a straight flush. His opponent mucked.
"That's it?" the player joked as Alexander stacked his newly-earned chips into heaping towers of varying heights, with each stack representing a different denomination of chips totaling somewhere in the range of 118,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,500 | 118,500 |
with about 13,000 in the middle before stacks went in.
and the middle-position playear checked to Maas, who threw out an overbet of 5,000. Peppe wasted no time calling and the third player in the hand folded to take action heads up to the turn 
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and heads-up action between the player in the small blind and Mario Hudson, who was in the hijack. The small blind fired out a bet of 6,500 and Hudson thought for a few moments before tossing in chips to call. The river fell 
and the small blind checked. Hudson checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
after checking back and his opponent hit the table to signify a nice hand, doing so with the slightest inflection of frustration before sending his cards tot he muck.
