07-08-2009 09:17 UTC-12

Chips for Childs

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Shamus

In the last hand of the level, Lee Childs opened with a raise to 1,500 from the hijack seat, and Ken Aldridge called from the button. The flop came {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

{3-Clubs}

. Childs checked, Aldridge bet 1,400, and Childs called. Both checked the {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

on the turn.

The river brought the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

, and Childs spent some time stacking his relatively short stack, obviously contemplating whether or not to put it all in. Finally he checked, and Aldridge checked behind. Childs turned over {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{4-Clubs}

, and exhaled when he saw Aldridge's {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

.

Childs is at 18,000 now, while Aldridge is sitting much more comfortably with 90,000.

Tags: Ken Aldridge Lee Childs