Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:56 AM Local Time
Fast Fights Back
Dietrich Fast's comeback begins in hand 57. He raises to 330,000, John Gale calls, and the flop comes . Both players check to the turn: . Gale check-calls this street for 310,000 and the river is the . Gale folds to Fast's bet of 565,000.
Gale: 6,800,000
Fast: 3,900,000
The on the 64th of this heads-up match, Gale raises to 260,000 to get called, and the players see a flop. Fast checks the flop and calls the 275,000-bet before both check on the on the turn. The river brings the and Fast check-raises to 2,150,000 after Gale bets 450,000. Gale gets out of the way and drops to 5,900,000.
Fast has 4,800,000 at that point.
Fast then loses a bit more than one million to Gale in hands in the next few hands. In hand 68, Fast opens to 270,000 and Gale calls. The players see a flop. Gale check-calls Fast's 210,000-bet and the turn brings another heart, the . Check-check. On the river, the , Gale puts in a bet of 535,000 and Fast mucks.
Fast has 3,700,000 and Gale is back up to 7,000,000.