Evening Things Out
Drache: (X-X) / / (X)
Ellis: (X-X) / / (X)
Fourth street brought Ellis an open pair, and he just single bet it for 60,000. Drache called. The action repeated on fifth, sixth, and seventh streets with Drache calling Ellis' bets. In the end, Ellis showed to go with his up cards, making himself the winning trip fives.
The two men are virtually even in chips now.