Neil Channing is now using the advantage of the big stack raise pretty much every single pot. After another raise to 35k, the rest of table thinks he might, (surprise, surprise) not always have the goods.
"I've a confession to make," says Neil, "One of the last three raises, I've not had a premium hand."
After a short time in the tank, Lee Biddulph moves in over the top. Passed back to Channing, who folds quickly and says, "Yes, it was this one!"
Paul Murphy has doubled through Ben Vinson with
against
on a
board....
Paul Murrell has taken a load of chips off Jason Shellum. Channing and Murrel limped, Iwan Jones made up the blind and Shellum checked.
The board was checked down til the river and looked like this:
At this point, Iwan Jones checked, Shellum bet 40k, Channing passed and Morrell made it 120k, Jones passed and Shellum made the call, flipping over
, but Morrell had
.
Thoughts on the call of the raise here? Shellum surely should know that Morrell could think he's value betting a 7 himself here, so isn't going to re-raise without a 7. He's very unlikely to re-raise with an Ace on the river for the same reason, so perhaps he should be passing the top two pair on the river as a raise is only going to come from a 7 or a full house.
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