Feb 27, 2012
Photo: Larry Lipman (left) smiles as he contemplates the all-in bet of Noah Schwartz (foreground, right).
Noah Schwartz raises from late position to 27,000, Larry Lipman raises from the big blind to 102,000, and Schwartz calls.
The flop comes [5c4c3s], Lipman bets 130,000, Schwartz raises to 284,000, and Lipman reraises to 484,000. Schwartz waves his hand and says, "I’m all in." Lipman asks for a count.
Schwartz is all in for a total of 960,000, and it’s 476,000 more for Lipman to call, and it might be enough to cover his stack.
Lipman thinks for a little while before he calls, and Schwartz shows [3d3h] for a set of threes. Lipman turns over [AhKd] for a gutshot straight draw, saying, "I wouldn’t have called if I didn’t have outs."
The turn card pairs the board with the [4h], clinching the hand with a full house (threes full of fours). The meaningless river card is the [9c], and Larry Lipman is eliminated in 27th place.
Noah Schwartz – 2,127,000 (177 BBs)
Larry Lipman – Out in 27th Place ($34,260)
As Schwartz pulls in the piles and piles of chips, Sorel Mizzi says from across the table, "Happy Hanukkah, Noah," and everyone laughs. Schwartz says, "I was expecting a deuce on the turn."
There is a bit more conversation about Noah’s massive chip stack, and as the next hand is being dealt, Mizzi adds, "That was a nice call preflop, Noah."
Photo (Below): Noah Schwartz stacks his chipleading stack.