06-22-2007 18:28 UTC-8

Hand #165 - Alan Smurfit Doubles Through Qushqar Morad

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Hand #165 - Alan Smurfit has the button, he limps for 80,000, Morad raises to 240,000, and Smurfit calls. The flop comes {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

{3-Hearts}

, Morad checks, Smurfit pot-bets 480,000, and Morad calls. There is already 1.44 million in the pot.

The turn card is the {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

, Morad checks, Smurfit moves all in for 185,000, and Morad calls. They show:

Smurfit: {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

{9-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

Morad:

{A-Clubs}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

Smurfit leads with two pair, queens and eights.

The river card pairs the board with the {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

, and Smurfit wins the pot with a full house, queens full of eights, to double up in chips.

Alan Smurfit, who started the day as the shortest stack, now has the chip lead.