Sebastien Hamel Extracts Value from Grant Ellis

Photo:  Sebastien Hamel

Grant Ellis opens to 800 from UTG+1 and is called by three players before the action gets to Sebastien Hamel in the big blind who three-bets to 6,000. 

Only Ellis calls and the two go heads-up to a flop of . Hamel leads for 7,000 and after some thought, Ellis calls and they continue to the turn , where the action goes check-check. 

The river falls the , putting trips on the board, and Hamel fires for another 7,000. Ellis thinks about it for a good while before he tosses out calling chips, only to muck once he is shown by Hamel for a full house. 

Sebastien Hamel – 85,000 (213 bb)
Grant Ellis – 33,500 (84 bb)