Elezra Leaves Cates Short; Busts Soon Thereafter
Pot-Limit Omaha
Eli Elezra limped the button and Dan Cates raised the pot in the small blind to 10,500. The big blind folded and Elezra called.
"I'm going to f*ck you up this hand," said Elezra, mimicking something Cates had said to him four hands previously. The flop came ![]()
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flop.
"I hope not," said Cates who checked. Elezra bet pot 22,500 and Cates called.
The turn was the
. Cates checked. "I'm really going to f*ck you up this hand!" said Elezra before betting 75,000.
Cates counted his chips before raising all in. Elezra snap-called.
"You might if you have ten-eight," said Cates, as Elezra turned over ![]()
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for the nut straight. "That's OK," continued Cates, "because I have a million outs."
He turned over ![]()
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for a flush draw. The river was the
.
"Is that one of his outs?" Elezra asked the dealer. It was not, and Cates was left short. He was eliminated soon therafter.
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330,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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