05-19-2008 23:28 UTC-5

Walter Chambers Crippled

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In a three-way pot, the flop brings {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{6-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

. Tom Sartori checks, and Walter Chambers comes out betting 2,500. The player to his left makes the call, and Sartori folds.

The two players see the turn card, {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

. Chambers relinquishes control of the betting and checks it over to his opponent, who moves all in for his remaining 10,600. Chambers goes into the tank for several minutes, counting and re-counting his chips before making a reluctant call.

When the cards are turned up, Chambers tables the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

, and is drawing dead to his opponent's made straight, having gotten there on the turn with {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

. After the big loss, Chambers is in a bad spot with just over 6,000 remaining.

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