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07-05-2008 14:50 UTC-8

Falling Ut

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On a turn of {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{3-Spades}

{8-Diamonds}

{J-Spades}

, a player under the gun checks. Ut Nguyen bets 1,500 in late position. The hijack calls. The button raises all in to 5,700 and UTG folds. Ut calls and the hijack calls.

The river is {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

and everyone checks.

Comically, Ut shows {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{7-Spades}

, the hijack shows {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{9-Spades}

and the button shows {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{10-Spades}

for three busted flush draws. The rivered king is good for the hijack and Ut is down to 14,000. If another spade had hit, there might have been trouble.