Pretty Good Spot for Dempsey
Niveau 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
British bracelet holder and four-card poker aficionado James Dempsey has had a good start to his Day 2, eliminating Donna Cooper recently to boost his stack to 600,000.
On a flop of 
, Dempsey, who'd raised preflop under the gun and found Cooper on the button as an opponent, had the "all in" lammer in front of him, but covered Cooper who made the call.
Dempsey: 
Cooper: 
for the former but not the latter.
The turn and river ran out 
. "I flopped the straight, and had top two. Pretty good spot," said Dempsey.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
325,000
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325,000 |
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Eliminé | |
and roughly 320,000 in the middle, Yang Lu moved all-in from the small blind for roughly 140,000. Ted Lawson quickly announced all-in as well and Dustin Goldklang got out of the way in a hurry.
and the river was the 
on a board of 
, eliminating Cody Rogan in the process.
. From the post-hand dissection, it can be surmised that Lamora held some aces that held.
.
, putting Israelashvili in the lead. The turn 
hit to pair to more than hold against McLallin's 