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07-08-2008 16:58 UTC-8

Mount St. Garner?

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It's been a rough couple of hands for Mark Garner. On a flop of {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

{4-Diamonds}

, David Rheem bet 7,000. Garner called. The turn was another baby, the {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

, bringing a bet of 12,000 from Rheem. Garner called that one, too.

On the river {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

, Rheem checked. Garner fired out a bet of 25,000, sending Rheem into the tank for at least three minutes.

"I know you have ace-king," said Rheem. "I know it." He did finally make the call. Garner turned over {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Spades}

, which could not beat Rheem's {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{4-Hearts}

made a pair of fours to take the pot.

The very next hand, Garner raised to 2,300 preflop and was reraised all in by an opponent for a total of 11,000. Garner made the call with {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

and was up against {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{10-Diamonds}

. A board of {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

made Garner's opponent the winner.

After those hands, Garner has 118,000. Rheem is up to 225,000.