06-24-2007 20:08 UTC-7

The Turn of a Card

[user37786]

The three player left in today's event all had nearly equal stacks, so if anyone could land a decisive blow, he could take a 2-1 chip lead into the heads-up battle. Yuval Bronshtein came one card away from doing just that.

On the button, Bronshtein raised with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{Q-Hearts}

and after Jason Newburger folded, Greg Hopkins raised the pot with {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. Bronshtein chose to call, and after the flop of {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

{10-Hearts}

Hopkins announced he was all-in. Bronshtein made the call with the best hand, but when the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

turned it gave Hopkins a flush draw as well.

A draw he didn't need in the end. The {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

spiked on the river to give Hopkins the pot and the chip lead with 1,225,000. Instead of going into the heads-up battle with a huge lead, Bronshtein was left with just 360,000.

Tags: Greg Hopkins Yuval Bronshtein