Kessler Straightens Up and Loses

It was a virtual limpathon, with six players seeing the flop. It went to heads up on a flop of {K-Clubs}

when a player in middle position bet out 1300 and Allen Kessler called. The turn was a {7-Diamonds}

and the middle position player bet 3500 and Kessler called. They both checked the {7-Clubs}

river. Kessler showed K-8-4-2 for the eight high straight while his opponent had K-J-9-8 for the nine high.

2007 World Series of Poker