The Venetian: February 1 - 3, 2018

 

Lokesh Garg Fills Up to Crack Flopped Straight

Created (2/2/2018 12:53:01 AM by Admin System)
 
 
Lokesh Garg

Three players each put in 12,000 preflop and saw a flop of .

Wisconsin’s Ken Gigstead checked from the under-the-gun position and Lokesh Garg did the same from the cutoff. MSPT Season 8 Grand Falls champ Ahmed Taleb then bet 12,000 from the button.

Gigstead folded and Garg hit the tank. “Aces again?” he asked before making the call.

Action then went check-check on the river.

Garg moved all in for 45,700 and Taleb snap-called.

“Full house,” Garg said before showing the .

“You got lucky,” Taleb told him before showing his for a flopped straight.

Ahmed Taleb - 175,000 (58 bb)
Lokesh Garg - 150,000 (50 bb)