Butler Serves Up River Flush, Ends Block Party
Nível 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
With 350,000 already in the middle on a 
flop, Keith Block continued for 105,000. Steven Butler, in the small blind, made a 330,000-chip raise. Block went all in for 1,600,000 total and Butler shrugged his shoulders and made the call.
Keith Block: 
Steven Butler: 
Block's top pair was about a 53% favorite against Butler's ace-high flush draw, which also had plenty of backdoor straight outs.
While the 
turn gave Butler more outs on the river, it took away his potential straight outs and made him a 32% underdog.
However, the odds were in his favor as the 
arrived on the river, shoving a large pot Butler's way and eliminating Block.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
Eliminado |
on the board.
turn was checked through before Lubenets fired for 500,000 and Kathy Liebert made the call. Lubenets turned over 
, good enough to take the pot.
flop gave her a straight draw and a backdoor flush draw that vanished on the 
turn.
to give Barnhart a flush draw in addition to his two overs.
pushed the odds in Fones' favor, with the 
completing the board to send Fones' stack over three million.
turn gave Panagatos the straight and now needed to avoid one of the two remaining nines to scoop.