15.10pm: Gascoigne doubles
Ian Gascoigne promised to play a tight, aggressive game when we spoke to him yesterday, and his patience just paid off – though he had to sweat a big draw to double through.
Max Silver was the man left rueing his misfortune – Silver peeling an UTG raise from Gascoigne for 4.5k with
-Qd.
A flop of
could scarcely have been better for Silver and he was happy to take on Gascoigne for his stack.
Gascoigne was nominally ahead with pocket kings, though a host of outs were available for Silver to hit. The
and
on the turn and river however missed him completely and he was left handing over a big chunk of his stack to Gascoigne who moves to a little over 180,000 – Silver left with a still playable 160,000…
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