Powell Smacks Pedley with His Nuts
Michael Pedley raised from the cutoff seat to 5,100 and Julian Powell called out of the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn brought the and this is where things got interesting.
Powell led out with a bet of 8,000 and Pedley raised him to 23,000. Powell took some time and then moved all in. Pedley quickly called. The look on Pedley's face was as if someone just robbed his of everything he owned when he saw Powell turn up the for the nut straight. Pedley held the for the low-end of the straight and was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the and that was it for Pedley. Powell earned the elimination and moved up to 125,000 chips.