01-09-2010 18:34 UTC-5

Goldberg Makes a Straight Against Verheijen

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From the button, Zachary Goldberg raised to 105,000 and was called by Gijs Verheijen in the big blind. The flop came down {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

and Verheijen checked. Goldberg checked behind.

The turn was the {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

and Verheijen fired 130,000. Goldberg made the call.

The river card was the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

and Verheijen fired 200,000. Goldberg asked for a count on Verheijen's remaining stack and found he had about 640,000 behind.

"I'll just call," said Goldberg and then turned up the {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

having rivered a straight. Verheijen mucked his hand. Goldberg improved his stack to 1.6 million.

Tags: Gijs Verheijen Zachary Goldberg