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Action is on Gazes, and he checks. Pilgrim bets out 7,000, and Gazes elects to put in a check-raise, making it a total of 17,000 to play. This sends Pilgrim deep into the tank as he double-checks his cards and eyeballs his own chip stack.
"I'm sure I got you right now, bro," he says after a minute. After another minute more he adds, "But not enough to make a move," sliding his cards into the muck.
Gazes taps the felt with his cards and nods at his opponent. "That was a very good card for me," he says quietly. As the dealer pushes him the pot, Gazes opens up his hand, revealing , having the board crushed.
After taking down that pot, Gazes has worked his way up to about 65,000, nearly double what he had when he arrived at the featured table.