06-08-2009 17:41 UTC-12

Sowers More Than Doubles

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Mike Sowers

In a hand where Brian Lemke open raised to 165,000 from the cutoff and Mike Sowers moved all in for 905,000 from the button, Lika Gerasimova re-shoved for nearly 1.1 million. When Lemke folded, the hands were shown.

Gerasimova: {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{Q-Diamonds}

Sowers

{8-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

When the flop came {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

, Sowers took the lead, but still had a sweat when the turn brought a flush draw with the {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

. The

{6-Diamonds}

ended the drama though as Sowers chipped up to nearly 2 million while Gerasimova was left with just 180,000.