Dec 20, 2024
Photo: Rob Sherwood
HAND #105 – Scott Stewart raises from middle position to 1,600,000, taking the blinds and ante.
HAND #106 – Robert Sherwood completes the small blind to 800,000, and Eddie Pak checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , Sherwood checks, Pak bets 1,500,000, and Sherwood thinks for a while before he check-raises to 6,000,000.
Pak three-bets all in, and Sherwood quickly calls all in for 11,600,000 with for a diamond flush draw with an open-ended straight draw. Pak turns over for a different open-ended straight draw, and Sherwood needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Sherwood turns a diamond flush to clinch the pot and double up in chips.
Robert Sherwood – 25,600,000 (32 bb)
Eddie Pak – 66,600,000 (83 bb)