Sick hand
From WSOP $2000 PLHE
Seat 3 raised from middle position to 4,200 and was called by three other players: the hijack, the cutoff, and Michael Binger on the button. There was no action on the flop of Q :diamond: 8 :spade: 6 :spade: , with all players checking to the turn. The turn was nothing if not action inducing: Q :spade: , pairing the board and completing a flush draw. Action checked to the cutoff, Tom Werthmann, who bet another 4,500. Michael Binger then raised to 14,500, pushing the other players out of the pot. Werthmann went into the tank for some time before firing a reraise for an additional 22,500. It was then Binger's turn to go into the tank, and he studied his opponent for some time before raising again, moving all in. Werthmann made the call, showing A :spade: K :club: for the nut flush draw. Binger excitedly tabled A :diamond: 8 :diamond: - he had induced all of this action with no more than middle pair, and he had been right to do so. Binger had to fade two aces, three kings, and eight other spades to take down the pot. Occasionally, it would seem, the poker gods choose to reward genius, and the deck treated Binger with a 7. Binger eliminated the player and skyrocketed to the top of the chip counts with over 140,000. |
