Spades in Spades: Sexton Sent Out
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Level 22
: 4,000/8,000, 800 ante
Legendary World Poker Tour commentator Mike Sexton was no longer in his seat, and tablemate Ronni Borg had no problem retelling the tale.
Two players limped, as did Sexton in the cutoff, and each of them made the call when Sweden's Johannes Korsar squeezed the button. The flop came down 
, and when checked to, Korsar fired another bullet. Sexton raised it up, Korsar moved in and the American quickly called having flopped the flush with 
.
Korsar was holding 
and looked for a spade to make him the better flush, and it came already on the turn. The river was yet another spade, and Korsar dragged the pot while Sexton hit the rail.
In other news two High Roller participants have hit the rail: Jason Wheeler and Stuart Fox.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
, Houghton c-bet 40,000 and again got two calls. The turn card of 
saw Houghton move all-in, but he was snap-called...and his opponent showed 
for the rivered straight. Houghton open-mucked 
and was out of the door.
. Vahid Ahirzamari in the very next seat made the call, as did Raphael Ajayi in the small blind. The river came 
, and when Ajayi checked his option, Simpson cut out 205,000 chips and slid them over the line. Amirzahari thought about it for a minute or so before announcing all-in for 606,400 total, Ajayi got out of the way and Simpson made the call.
for the nut flush, but that was peanuts compared to the 
of Amirzahari that completed a straight flush on the river.
. Nevanlinna held 
for the flopped set and backdoored second nut flush, and that won the pot. 
paid Raza off by the turn, and he doubles to over the average and the direct buy-in starting stack of 1,000,000 chips. Quinsee has plummeted all the ay back down to 400,000, but that is still 66 big blinds, so he has plenty of time to win it back.