06-06-2008 14:56 UTC-7

King-High is Good!

[user75032]

Aggression is vitally important in six-handed play. Sometimes, even ace-high has showdown value -- or, in this case, king-high.

Tom Braband bet 5,000 on a board of {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{10-Hearts}

{2-Spades}

. Dave Zand made the call to see a turn of {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. Braband checked it over to Zand, who made it 25,000 to go. Braband considered his action and decided the best course was to check-raise all in for 84,000 total. Zand made the call to see that both players were on a draw:

Braband: {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

Zand:

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

The river

{5-Spades}

missed both players. Zand won the pot with king-high and now has 165,000 chips. Braband is on life support with about 10,000.

Tags: Dave Zand Tom Braband