Saturday, March 7, 2015 3:17 PM Local Time
Jean Gaspard Doubles Up
Jean Gaspard gets his last 24,600 into the middle on a flop of against one opponent. Gaspard shows , but his flush outs are no good against his opponent's .
Ari Engel gets up at the next table to sweat the action and yells for the dealer to keep the best hand in the lead. The turn is the and Gaspard takes a commanding lead in the hand. The river is the and Gaspard turns a straight to double up.
"Don't root against the black man," said Gaspard to Engel, who gave him 14-to-1 to win the tournament. "You got me to play my 'A' game Ari. A black man came to Baltimore to steal some chips."
"Oh no," said Engel. "What did I do?"
Jean Gaspard - 55,000