09-10-2008 18:12 UTC+2

Haxton Bests Obrestad with Second Pair

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We picked this one up on the turn with the board reading {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{10-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

{8-Clubs}

. First to act, Isaac Haxton led out for 600 only to have Annette Obrestad pop him to 1,750. With only about 7,000 behind, Haxton thought for quite a while before making the call. The river came down the {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

and Haxton checked. Obrestad remained motionless behind her huge Bulgari sunglasses for nearly a minute before almost imperceptibly checking behind.

Haxton revealed {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

in the hole and Obrestad mucked. Both are now nearly back to square one with slightly more than their original 10,000 in their stacks.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Isaac Haxton