Gavatin's Day Gets a Little Better
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Prescott opened the pot with a raise to 4,000 from early position and Gavatin made the call from the small blind.
The flop came
and Gavatin checked to Prescott, who fired a 6,500 continuation bet. Gavatin then countered with a raise to 18,000, and Prescott responded by raising the pot."Did you re-pot it?" Gavatin asked.
Prescott nodded.
"I'm all in," Gavatin said.
Prescott made the call:
Prescott:
Gavatin:
The rest of the board filled out
, 
and Gavatin's set of eights held up to win the pot."I had nine-seven," said Howard Lederer after the dust settled.
Gavatin improved to 135,000 in chips after the hand while Prescott dropped to 55,000.