Drumming Up a Double
Over on the featured table, we heard Michael Drummond shove all in for 253,000, and big stack Dermot Blain tanked and made the call with a chance at the knockout. He was ahead, but Drummond was drawing live for the double.
Showdown
Drummond:
Blain:
When the dealer turned the flop up, the was visible in the door, but it came as part of a Drummond-pleasing flop. The turn improved him to the straight, and he only needed to dodge the three remaining tens to stay alive. The river was the , though, and Blain is forced to part with a chunk of his stack. It's tough to count over there, but he should still be over 1 million -- likely closer to 1.1 million.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
Dermot Blain |
1,100,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
Michael Drummond |
540,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|