06-27-2008 17:57 UTC-8

Gray Skies Over Evdakov

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Ever since the bubble burst, Nikolay Evdakov has won pot after pot to vault to the top of the chip counts. He has finally encountered a bit of stormy weather, though, in the form of Jason Gray.

Evdakov raised to 6,500 from the cutoff, Gray reraised to 27,500 from the small blind, and Evdakov called.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{10-Hearts}

{J-Diamonds}

. Gray checked, Evdakov bet 30,000, Gray check-raised all in for 69,600 total, and Evdakov made the call.

Gray {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

Evdakov

{7-Hearts}

{7-Spades}

Evdakov had the set of sevens, but Gray had a flush draw. The turn was the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

, and Evdakov still had the lead. The river brought the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

, though, and Gray took the pot.

Gray is up to 215,000, and Evdakov has slipped to 170,000.

Tags: Jason Gray Nikolay Evdakov