Big Rick Felts Two; Takes the Lead

Rick Ellerman called 1,200 from under the gun, the player two seats to his left raised the pot to 7,200, the player in the cutoff called, and Ellerman called as well.

The flop came and Ellerman checked. The preflop raiser moved all in for his last 2,100 chips and the cutoff raised the pot to 30,000, sending Ellerman into the tank. After just under a minute, he called.

The turn brought the and Ellerman shoved. The cutoff called for the remainder of his stack and all three players tabled their hands.

Ellerman:
Cutoff:
Middle position:

The middle-position player turned his hand face down almost as soon as he tabled it, and the cutoff had the lead with top set, but Ellerman had a monster draw with two flush draws and a gutshot to the wheel.

The fell on the river to give Ellerman the nut flush and the probable chip lead and send both his opponents to the cage.