06-16-2008 15:59 UTC-8

Firestone Takes a Chunk Off Yeh

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Bobby Firestone just won a huge pot off of Philip Yeh. Firestone raised the button to 80,000, and Yeh elected to make the call. Both players checked when the flop came {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

{6-Diamonds}

. On the turn {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

, Yeh led out for 120,000. Firestone gave the matter some thought, then called.

The river paired nines with the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. This time Yeh fired a 250,000-chip bet. Again Firestone paused to think through his decision, but not for long. As soon as he said, "Call," Yeh flashed a missed draw. Firestone table {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{J-Diamonds}

for top pair to take down the pot. Firestone now has almost 1.5 million chips.

Tags: Bobby Firestone Philip Yeh