06-16-2008 18:32 UTC-8

Hourani Doubles Through Gerasimov

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Shamus

Adam Hourani raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, and after a couple of minutes, Kirill Gerasimov (in the big blind) counted out 225,000 in chips and pushed them forward.

Hourani sat back in his chair. To call would mean committing a third of his stack here before the flop. Finally, after a minute or so, he made the call.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{K-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

. Gerasimov appeared to shake his head, grimacing slightly. He took off his sunglasses, then bet the pot. Hourani called.

Gerasimov: {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{A-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

{5-Spades}

Hourani:

{K-Spades}

{10-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{3-Spades}

Hourani was well ahead with his set of kings and flush draw. The turn was the {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

and the river the {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

, and Hourani doubled up to 1,245,000. Meanwhile, Gerasimov is now the short stack with just 105,000.