After that hand Ian was in the big blind with 20k invested, so when Nick set him in, he felt with just over 50k back he had to call and did so with 5-3.
It turned out he was live against Nick's K-6 suited though an 8-8-6 flop looked to have sealed his fate.
A 7 on the turn gave him a straight draw though...
...and the river came...
...wait for it...
...ok I'll stop now. The river was a NINE - completing Ian's straight and doubling him up to 160k or so.
The next few hands consisted mainly of Ian shoving from the button and Nick passing but then this hand played out.
Ian raised from the button and Nick re-raised, only for Ian to instantly announce all-in. Nick had too much invested to pass really, especially as he held pocket Jacks!
Ian said "yep, got one" as he flipped his Q-8 offsuit, presumably referring to his single overcard.
The flop fell
! Top set for Nick and it looked like it was all over.
The turn was the
!
Amazing, an unassailable hand of quads meant the river was irrelevant and sent Ian to the rail.
Ian King is OUT, eliminated in 2nd place, winning £6,678and
Nick Carter is the CHAMPION of the DTD £300 deepstack freezeout, winning £11,130!
Congratulations to Nick, who played some cracking poker and played a really good heads up game to take down the tournament.
Some photos to follow shortly.
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