06-15-2008 00:49 UTC-7

Straight Through the Backdoor

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Shamus

John Juanda

On a flop of {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

, John Juanda bet 5,000, Jason Mercier raised to 16,000, and Juanda called. The turn brought the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

. Juanda checked, Mercier bet 36,000, and Juanda made the call.

When the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

appeared on the river, Juanda bet 37,500 and Mercier made the call.

Juanda showed {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

. He'd been gunning for the nut flush, but backdoored a wheel. Mercier showed two nines for a set.

Juanda now has 170,000, and Mercier 70,000.