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07-11-2008 13:36 UTC-8

Sometimes Dominating Hands Win

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Even though it often seems like the dominated hand manages to suck out against the dominating hand, those dominating hands do hold up a fair amount of time. Mike Bertolini knows. Holding {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

, he called an all-in from Peter Wesselius, who tabled {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{J-Clubs}

. The flop came {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{2-Hearts}

, improving neither player. The turn {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

meant Bertolini had to dodge only a jack on the river, which he did when the river fell {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

.

Wesselius was eliminated on the hand.