A Big Flop: Borden Just Outflops Vera

Phil Vera made it into the field and Paris Borden helped him find his way back out again.

Borden raised to 650 preflop and two players called, including Vera. The three players saw the flop and Borden led the way, betting 1,650. The next player called and Vera raised to 5,000. Borden and the other player called.

The turn was the and Borden the action checked to Vera on the button. Vera bet 6,000 and Borden called. The other player folded and the two were heads up to the river.

The river was the and Borden went all in for his remaining 21,000. He had Vera covered and Vera went into the tank. He eventually called, saying that he needed to see it. What he saw was , which was good enough to give Borden the spade flush. Vera mucked his set of fives and headed to the rail.