McNeal Surges With Straight

Action was picked up on the flop that read . Antoine McNeal called the bet of 5,800 of his opponent after a few mometns of thought.

The turn was the . The initial bettor made another bet of 13,500. McNeal confirmed the amount before making the call after about a minute, accidentally putting too much in for the call. "That's ok if you want to add to the pot" said his opponent. "I plan on taking it anyway" said McNeal as they went to the river which came the .

McNeal was then first to act and moved all in which had his opponents remaining amount of about 35,000 covered. His opponent immediately knew he was in for a big decision as he uncomfortably shifted in his chair and shook his head. He mulled it over deeply before calling after about two minutes.

McNeal flipped over the straight with the and his opponent rolled over the defeated as McNeal collected the huge pot.