Billirakis Sails to Chip Lead
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Stud-8 can sometimes be a nightmare for the humble reporter. We arrive at the table, write down a minimum of fourteen cards over five streets of betting only to discover the pot is chopped!
Well, we recently observed a massive hand between Greg Raymer, Steve Billirakis and Jerry Buss that we assumed was going to be chopped but it was scoopage time with Billirakis taking it down to storm out to the tournament chip lead.
Billirakis: (X-X)
(X)Buss: (X-X)
(X)Raymer: (X-X)
The action was capped on third street, before Buss fired on fourth. Raymer called and Billirakis raised. Both Buss and Billirakis called.
On fifth, Billirakis took the lead, but Buss led again on sixth. Billirakis raised as Raymer had had enough, but once again Buss and Billirakis got into a raising war with each putting in five bets.
On the river, Buss led out once more with Billirakis making the call.
Billirakis: (
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)Buss: (
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)Buss had two pair with a low draw but bricked the river as Billirakis scooped with a full house to assume the chip lead with 240,000 chips.