06-03-2007 19:06 UTC-7

Freddy Deeb Takes the Chip Lead

[user22113]

With a little help from the cards this time. In the big blind Deeb called a raise from the cutoff and they saw a flop of {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

. Deeb check-raised to 3000 and the other player moved all-in. Deeb showed {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{10-Spades}

for top pair, but his opponent had the overpair in pocket Jacks. The {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

on the turn opened up a flush draw for Freddy, and that backdoor draw hit in the cruelest possible way when the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

gave Freddy the flush and his opponent a meaningless set. Deeb now has 53,000 chips.

Tags: Freddy Deeb