Erala doubles up With Flush Over Set

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Talk about tough setups! At table 9 the Finnish player Jari Lahtinen just lost more than half his stack against Kristo Erala with a set against a flush.

We came to hand on the turn with the board reading K 10 5 4 and with roughly 4k chips in the middle. Erala bet 2.2k and behind him Lahtinen quickly raised to 5.2k. Erala called and both players saw the 6 peel off on the river.

Erala checked to the raiser and Lahtinen asked for a count of Erala’s stack. It was roughly 30k. The Fin quickly bet half of that, only for Erala to come over the top and move all-in. Lahtinen was not happy with that all-in, but eventually called.

Kristo Erala: A Q
Jari Lahtinen: 4 4

With the nut flush Kristo Erala doubled up and Lahtinen lost most of his stack. The entire table will be moved downstairs in a bit and function as the TV table for the rest of the evening.

Kristo Erala: 64,000
Jari Lahtinen: 22,000