06-06-2007 19:45 UTC-8

Varouzhan Gumroyan Wins a Big Pot with Pocket Aces

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With the board showing {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{7-Clubs}

{4-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

, Gumroyan checked, Styczynski bets 120,000, Gumroyan raises to 240,000, and Styczynski calls. The river card is the {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

, Gumroyan bets 120,000, and Styczynski calls. Gumroyan shows {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{A-Spades}

, and Styczynski mucks.

The hole card showed only one of Styczynski's cards, the {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

. When he called the last bet, he said, "If you have a five [for a straight], you win." That implies that he had top pair on the flop or river (Q-8 or Q-10), or pocket queens.