Is Claires stack looking any healthier?
No action from Claire. She's being patient and waiting to emulate Monkey Matt's exploits.
He too was down to about 5,000 after his full house was beaten by a bigger one. He managed to get back to over 7,000 when the following happened:
He has
in the BB and with an unraised pot he checks to see the flop with two other players.
The flop is a pleasant one for Matt -
He bets 200 into the pot of 600 and is raised by Chris Ellinas on the button for another 600. The SB folded, and weary of the flush draw Matt re-raised to 2,100. Chris then shoved all-in for about 7,000. Mat called and Chris turned over
with top pair and a gut-shot.
The turn card gave Matt the wobbles - the
, giving Chris trips and giving him more outs.
The
river however was a nice one for Matt, and he doubled up and then knocked out Chris who was down to a few hundred in the very next hand.
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