Daniel Ferketa opened for 2,100 and Richard Dixon, who finished in fifth place a few days ago in Event #61: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em, three-bet to 6,500. It came back to Ferketa and he made the call.
A flop of appeared and Ferketa checked to Dixon, who continued for 4,400. Ferketa didn't take long and check-raised it to 11,000, followed by a reraise from Dixon to 24,400. Ferketa tossed a pile of 5,000-chips in front of him and Dixon announced all in, which was snap-called by Ferketa for a stack worth 74,900.
Daniel Ferketa:
Richard Dixon:
Dixon had top pair while Ferketa was looking for the flush, and a hit the turn, giving Ferketa the flush. The river didn't change anything and Ferketa took down the big pot while Dixon was left short stack.
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The action was picked up on the turn with the board showing after Oluwasegun Odumuyiwa bet 5,000.
Three players called to see the turn, which was , and it was checked to Odumuyiwa, who bet 13,000.
Both opponents tanked briefly before mucking their hands and Odumuyiwa scooped it in to now sit with 170K in chips.
The former Dallas Cowboy actually donates his winnings to a charity called To Life for Life. He was formerly known as the "Nigerian Assassin" and he's now among chip leaders in this one.