Lamb Can't Hold Against Chidwick's Open-Ender

Stephen Chidwick limped in the hijack with and Ben Lamb pumped the price to 70,000 in the cutoff, holding . Chidwick called.

The brought an open-ended straight draw for Chidwick and a top pair for Lamb. Chidwick checked and Lamb bet an effective 315,000. Chidwick was ready to go for it, putting all his chips to the middle.

Lamb had a blocker but Chidwick was still able to hit a straight right on the turn. Lamb could still recover with a jack or a queen but the river locked a huge double for Chidwick. Lamb, who built a decent chip-stack after a rough start, was downed to 197,000.