Martin Raus returned from the break with a stack of only 125K. With the blinds up at 20K/40K/a5K, he knew he had to make a move sooner than later if he wanted any chance at pulling through. On the first hand of level 26, he picked up a monster –
. Mike Sexton opened the hand to 100K from middle position, and Robert Earl McGhee came along for the ride from the button. Martin then 3bet all-in, and the two players called.
The board ran
, and Mike fired 125K on the river to bring the hand down to heads-up. He tabled
for the nut-flush, ending Martin’s run in 15th place.
Martin collected $26,810 for his deep run in this WPT Montreal.
