09-06-2009 13:55 UTC+3

Two Bullets to the Hartman

[user66118]

Craig Hartman opened the pot with a raise from early position, making it 300 to skate. Dan Harrington put in the call next door before Ron Azur bumped it up to 1,700 a couple seats further down the line. Huseyin Yilmaz made the overcall, but Hartman still wanted to play for more. He announced a third raise, putting out 7,000 chips in total. Harrington and Yilmaz would get out of the way, but Azur came right along with the call.

Heads-up then, the flop came out {J-Spades}

. Hartman kept the heat on with a bet of 15,000, sending Azur deep into the tank. After several minutes of head shaking, he flipped over his {Q-Hearts}

face-up on the table, conceding the pot with a frustrated flick of the wrist.

"You were crushed," said Hartman, reluctant to show. Finally, he did indeed flash {A-Hearts}