06-11-2008 17:01 UTC-7

Pickering On Gill

Shamus

A late-position player limped, James Pickering raised to 12,000 from the small blind. Carter Gill called from the big blind, as did the late-position player.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

. Pickering pushed his remaining chips all in, Gill called, and the LP player folded. Pickering showed {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

for the nut straight, plus redraws to a better straight. Gill showed {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

.

The turn was the {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

and the river the {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

, and Pickering is now up around 100,000. Gill, meanwhile, has fallen back down to 35,000.