Late Taste of Revenge for Gray

Martin Rowe and Jason Gray have done a little overtime here at the end of the day, with a gripping final hand resulting in a lengthy delay on their table before players could bag and tag.

Interestingly back in 2008 it was Rowe who got the better of Gray to win the APPT Sydney championship, but today Gray was able to get a small slice of revenge.

We arrived to see Gray leading out with a bet of 3,500 on a board of . Rowe responded with a raise to 8,000 which Gray was happy to match. When the arrived on the turn, Gray again took charge and led out for 12,000. Rowe thought for a while and made the call as the completed the board.

Gray now thought for several moments before moving all in to force Rowe to a decision for his entire stack. Rowe thought long and hard, removing his hat and headphones as the rest of the table were keen to bag up and head off home. Eventually Rowe mustered up a call with but Gray had the straight with his .