Mike Sexton Doubles Thru Fred Mowatt; "Desperate People Do Desperate Things"

WPT Champions Club member and Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton (pictured) moves all in under the gun for 12,550, and action folds to Fred Mowatt in seat 10 with the big blind. Mowatt leans back in his chair to look at Sexton in seat 1, and he jovially asks, “How you doing Mike? You tired?”

They talk back and forth a bit, and Sexton says that if he busts from the tournament, he can go watch the football game. Mowatt says he thinks that they’ll be flipping with 50-50 odds in this situation, and a few moments later he calls with .

Sexton turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Sexton turns a diamond flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mike Sexton  –  25,500  (85 bb)
Fred Mowatt  –  17,000  (57 bb)

As he’s stacking his chips, Sexton smiles and defends his play by saying, “Desperate people do desperate things.”