Watkins Takes a Tumble
, Va Shon Watkins made the first bet under the gun, slipping out a strong bet of 4,100. On the button, a middle-aged opponent announced a raise, making it a total of 12,300. When the action came back to Watkins, he slowly made the call.Heads up, the turn card brought the
and a check from Watkins. His opponent shrugged and moved all in for 25,500, and Watkins instantly called with the covering stack.He flipped over
, and the
of his opponent was in awful bad shape to survive. Much to the chagrin of Watkins though, the
spiked the river like a dagger, sending the pot across the felt and dropping the young online stud down under 12,000.