06-03-2008 15:50 UTC-7

Rutledge Cracks Aces to Double Up

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On the second hand back from break, James Akenhead opened from under the gun for 80,000. Joe Rutledge moved all in. Action folded back to Akenhead who snap-called with pocket aces. Rutledge showed {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

.

A flop of {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{9-Spades}

gave Rutledge some life. He didn't improve on the {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

turn. As the river came down, Rutledge pleaded, "King or a jack!" and was rewarded with the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

. "Yeah!" he shouted, clapping his hands and walking in circles. He leaned over the rail to a nearby table in a different tournament and added "I just cracked aces with king-jack!"

Akenhead drops to about 1.3 million chips. Rutledge is up to about 900,000.