06-27-2008 16:50 UTC-7

Kings Fail Pope

Shamus

On a flop of {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{Q-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

and 20,000 in the middle, Aaron Wilt bet 22,000. Bryan Pope asked for a count of Wilt's chips -- 87,000 -- then made the call.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

. Wilt pushed his remaining chips in, and with some apparent trepidation Pope made the call.

Wilt showed {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

for a set of eights, while Pope showed {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{K-Clubs}

for the overpair. The river was the {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

, and Wilt collected 245,000. Pope is now down to 60,000.

Tags: Aaron Wilt Bryan Pope