06-26-2008 15:28 UTC-7

All In and Racing

[user66118]

William Haughey raised from the cutoff seat, making it 6,000 to go. Stuart Paterson reraised all in, and Haughey called with his last 25,000 chips instantly. He showed down {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

and was flipping a coin against Paterson's {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{8-Clubs}

.

The flop provided more drama as the dealer spread {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{J-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

. Paterson made his set, but still had to fade the open-ended straight draw. The turn is a safe {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

, but the river rolls off perfect for Haughey. The {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

makes him the winning straight, and knocks Paterson down a peg.