Raap's Delight
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A player in middle position opened to 3,500, and the button made the smooth call. From the small blind, Aaron Raap squeezed all in for 13,200, and Scott Montgomery made a big overcall from the big blind. The original raiser ducked out of the way, but the button called again to put a nice pot up for grabs going to the flop.
It came 
, and Montgomery bet out 12,000, successfully folding the third player in the hand and putting him heads up with a chance to eliminate Raap. But Raap was in good shape:
Montgomery: 
Raap: 
The turn 
was safe for Raap, and so was the 
on the river. A pair of queens is plenty good, and Raap has pulled in a triple up to 43,500.
Montgomery has taken a step back to a still-quite-healthy 108,000.