01-12-2010 13:39 UTC-4

Raymer Rising

Mickey Doft

Raymer and Smith from yesterday's action

There was a raise to 2,500 by a player in middle position. Greg Raymer called on the button and Lex Veldhuis called from the small blind.

The flop fell down {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

and Veldhuis checked. The middle-position player bet 5,200 and Raymer raised it to 16,200. Veldhuis folded and the unknown opponent moved all in for about 30,000.

Raymer called and revealed {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

for a flopped flush, having the lead over his opponent's {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{10-Hearts}

. The turn and river rolled out the {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

and

{5-Spades}

, safe cards for Raymer, now sitting on a stack of 107,000.

Tags: Greg Raymer