Grand One for Petit
We arrived in the midst of preflop back-and-forthing between Emile Petit and James Alexander, sitting side-by-side in the cutoff and on the button, respectively. By then the pair had reached a point where Alexander was tasked with deciding whether or not to call a final reraise for 117,000 more from Petit, and with a big grin and a laugh Alexander said he was calling, thus creating a total pot of about 400,000.
Petit tabled 
and Alexander said "I'm gonna need to make two pair" as he turned over his 
. The flop came 
. "Or a straight," added Alexander, then the 
appeared on the turn to increase the possibility of that happening. But the river was the 
, and Petit won and survived.
"You're welcome, sir," said Alexander to Petit afterwards, then opened the next pot while saying "I gotta get those back."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,225,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
402,000
202,000
|
202,000 |