06-17-2009 18:34 UTC-12

Hamby Gains Momentum

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Jared Hamby

Jared Hamby was all in before the flop for about 85,000 holding {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

. He found action from Scott Pendergrast who tabled {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{4-Hearts}

, trailing in the hand but having Hamby's tournament life in his hands.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

{A-Spades}

. Hamby stared at the board. "Is that a good flop for me?" he asked with a chuckle. "I can't lose." Indeed, he needed only to dodge running fours to stay alive. The turn was the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

, and the

{4-Diamonds}

landed on the river, locking up the full pot for Hamby with his ten kicker playing. He's notched a big double up, sitting now with 180,000 -- his high point for the day.

Tags: Jared Hamby Scott Pendergrast