Sparks Avoids Going Broke
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Shawn Sparks in late position was in a pot against Donald Boyer on a board reading ![]()
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and called a flop bet from his opponent.
Boyer continued with a bet of 6,000 on the
turn with around 25,000 already in the middle. Sparks called.
Boyer fired again with a bet of 6,000 on the
river and Sparks signed before calling.
"You got aces?" asked Sparks.
Boyer did have aces and. turned over ![]()
, while Sparks showed ![]()
. Sparks likely lost the minimum as he had flopped a big hand with both the nut flush draw and top pair-top kicker.
"Thank goodness I didn't shove the flop," he said. "Anybody else goes broke there."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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50,000 |