06-27-2008 12:15 UTC-8

Great Call, Gavin

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[user67765]

An interesting hand has just developed with Gavin Smith making a great call to take a large early pot.

The player under the gun raised to 250 and a player in middle position made the call. The player in the cutoff then raised it to 700. Gavin Smith called from the small blind. The UTG folded before the middle-position player moved all in for a total of 3,150. The cutoff player folded and the action was back to Smith.

He thought for a long time before making the call with {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

. Mike Matusow was watching and remarked, "Great call!" as Smith's opponent tabled {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{K-Spades}

.

The board ran out {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{7-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Spades}

and Smith's pair held up to eliminate his opponent and jump to about 9,000 chips.

Tags: Gavin Smith