"Congratulations, Nice Hand"

Paul Camby opened to 9,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 27,500 by Paul Kelly, who was in the small blind. Camby confirmed the amount and quickly tossed in chips to call.

The flop came and Kelly checked. Camby threw out a bet of 27,500 and Kelly check-raised all in, sliding a stack of chips forward as he did. Camby called before Kelly finished putting his chips into the pot.

Paul Kelly:
Paul Camby:

Camby's flopped middle pair and open-ended straight draw had run into Kelly's aces, taking five of Camby's immediate outs off the table. The turn came , cutting Camby's number of chances at an elimination in half.

The final card fell to give him two pair, but it filled up Kelly to Broadway and scored him the double. Kelly's stack was totaled to 80,000 exactly and Camby sent the necessary chips his way.

"Congratulations, nice hand," said Camby as he paid off the amount. Despite the lost pot, Camby had chipped up to over 400,000 for a moment and still sits with 308,000 as the likely chip leader with well under an hour of play left in the night.