Merksick's Flush Scoops
Sergey Altbregin, Tony Merksick and James Dempsey all took a flop of . Dempsey was last to act and fired out a bet when the action checked to him. Altbregin and Merksick both called to see a third heart, the , come on the turn. That card seemed to agree with Merksick. He led into Dempsey after Altbregin checked. Only Dempsey called.
Both players checked the that paired the board on the river. Merksick showed the nut flush, , to collect the pot. He's up to 325,000.