This hand started with Ari Engel raising to 1,500 from the cut-off. Conray Watson called the bet from the button, and Duff Charette, sitting in the small blind, made it 6,600 to go. When both opponents called, the flop appeared: . Duff checked, and so did Ari, but Conray threw in a 6K bet, leaving much room for interpretation. Duff took the bait, and raised to 20K, keeping less than 15K behind.
Ari quickly got out of the way, and Conray went into the tank. After a short while, he announced all-in, and Duff decided that he was way too invested to fold. He threw in his last few chips, only to find out that he was drawing to a perfect runner-runner:
Conray Watson:
Duff Charette:
The irrelevant run out came out, ironically pairing both of Conray’s cards, and Duff was eliminated. Conray Watson chips up to about 190K, rivaling Andrew Dick at the top.