Gipson Beats the Odds to Double Through Makarov
No-Limit Hold'em
Alexey Makarov opened for 4,700 from middle position only to have Keith Gipson, who was seated to his direct left in the hijack, three-bet to 15,000. Action folded back around to Makarov and he opted to four-bet to 30,000. Gipson immediately moved all in for 97,500 and Makarov snap-called.
Makarov: 
Gipson: 
It was a bad spot for Gipson as he had run his big pair into an even bigger pair. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Makarov was an 81.31% favorite to win the hand while Gipson had just an 18.25% chance of coming from behind. Wouldn't you know it, the 
flop gave Gipson a set and made him an 88.18% favorite.
Makarov, who saw his chances of winning drop to 11.82%, was clearly upset and stood from his seat. He then watched the 
turn drop his chances to 4.55% and the 
river flatline it to zero. With that, Gipson was pushed the nearly 200,000 pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -87,500 |
|
200,000 | 102,500 |
. It appeared South had checked and Mizrachi had fired a bet, as the latter had 35,000 sitting out in front of him with only about 25,000 left behind.
meant he'd made a club flush. Mizrachi slumped a little as he saw a hand that beat the one he was holding. He started to muck face down, then flipped his cards over and ahead where they landed in the middle of the table — 
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. Bach checked, Bronshtein bet, and Bach called. "Seven," said Bronshtein without turning over his cards, at which Bach tabled his 
, about 15,000 sitting in the middle, and Friedman having made a bet of a little less than 12,000.
for a runner-runner full house, and Clements showed that his 
