02-16-2010 14:53 UTC-12

Schwartz Finds a Queen On the Flop

donpeters

Queen keeps Schwartz alive

Luke Schwartz moved in for 390,000 from the small blind against Giovanni Safina in the big blind. Schwartz held {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

and Safina made the call with the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

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The flop came down {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

and Schwartz took the lead, letting out a cheerful yell of "Yeah!" so loud it was probably heard overseas. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

and the river the {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

. Safina lost the pot and was left with 180,000 chips while Schwartz doubled to 780,000.

Tags: Giovanni Safina Luke Schwartz