Matthew Wantman Turns a Straight, But Omid Shahbazian Rivers a Boat

May 1, 2016

Omid Shahbazian raises under the gun, and Matthew Wantman calls from the cutoff. Both players check to the turn on a board of Diamond QDiamond 9Diamond 7Heart J, Shahbazian checks, Wantman bets 3,700, and Shahbazian calls.

The river card is the Spade 9, Shahbazian checks, Wantman bets 10,000, and Shahbazian moves all in. Wantman tanks for a while before he calls with Heart KHeart 10 for a king-high straight, but Shahbazian turns over Heart QHeart 9 to win the pot with a full house, nines full of queens. Wantman is eliminated from the tournament.

Omid Shahbazian  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated

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