Goodman's Top Pair Good Enough

Lance Goodman was one of four players in a more than 10,000 chip pot going to a flop of . The under the gun and middle position players both checked to Goodman, who checked it to his opponent. After a bet of 6,000 from the hijack, Goodman called after the two other players got out of the way.

On the board pairing , Goodman then chose to lead for 10,000 into the opponent in the cutoff. After his opponent made a big raise of 42,000, Goodman jammed all-in for 100,000 more and got called.

With cards turned over, Goodman had the lead with his ahead of the (flush draw) of his opponent. fell on the river and Goodman collected almost a full double-up and knocked out the other player.

After an impressive second place in a circuit ring event last month, Goodman is looking to go one better in this event. He was all smiles as he now has over five times the starting stack.