Chip Leaders Tangle; Carris Comes Out on Top

Under the gun, Jeffrey Carris opened with a raise to 85,000. Next door, Andrew Margolis reraised to 140,000. Carris called, heads up to the flop.

It came out {9-Diamonds}

, and both players checked. On fourth street, the {10-Hearts}

hit the board and brought action. Carris led out with a bet of 200,000. Margolis stared him up and down before making the call.

The last card off was the {3-Diamonds}

. Carris loaded the gun with 440,000 chips and slid them neatly into the middle of the table. Margolis went deep into the tank, cutting out the calling chips from his stack to get an idea of the cost of making the call. After several minutes of debate, he quietly said, "I call," and pushed his chips forward.

Carris tabled {7-Diamonds}

for the nuts, flopping the straight right out of the chute. There was nothing Margolis could show to beat that, and he lowered his head and returned his cards to the dealer face-down.

After that exchange, Margolis is down to about 750,000, while Carris has taken control of this table, sitting with a massive 2,460,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Margolis Jeffrey Carris

2009 World Series of Poker

2009 World Series of Poker

Chip Leaders Tangle; Carris Comes Out on Top