Doubles Poker Championship Finals Begin

The final table of Full Tilt Poker’s Doubles Poker Championship got started Saturday on GSN. The show featured early action from the finals, but no eliminations. The action will continue next Saturday, with all four teams still in the running for the $1 million first-place prize.

Entering Saturday’s final table were:

The four teams entered the table with plenty of chips, and the action was tight at the start. But it wasn’t long before chips were moving in large amounts.

Most of the time, it was the team of Lederer-Gordon that was involved in the biggest pots. In one early hand, it appeared that they would be the first team out of the door. Benyamine woke up with pocket aces and put in a small raise to 15,000 preflop. Gordon looked down at pocket tens and reraised to 60,000. Benyamine reraised another 100,000, and Gordon used a team timeout to discuss the hand with Lederer. After the timeout, Gordon moved all in and was insta-called by Benyamine. The odds were heavily against Gordon, but he spiked a ten on the turn and Benyamine-G dropped a huge pot. However, on the very next hand Benyamine-G tripled up to stay in contention.

The following hand showed the frustration that can arise among teammates in doubles poker. After Lederer raised to 18,000 preflop with K-J and was called by Seed with A7, the flop brought K10J to give Lederer-Gordon top two pair. Gordon bet out 30,000 and was called by Cunningham. The 3 turn gave Cunningham-Seed a flush draw. Lederer checked and Seed bet 51,000. Lederer called. The 7 river missed the flush draw of Cunningham-Seed, but that didn’t slow the team down. Gordon led out for 55,000 and Cunningham-Seed took a time out. They eventually decided to reraise to 300,000, forcing Lederer-Gordon to take a timeout.

Lederer was upset with the way Gordon played the hand and said he thought they should fold to the large river bet. Gordon thought differently and made the call. It was the right move, and Lederer-Gordon saw their stack grow to 1.24 million.

A few hands later, Lederer check-raised all in after Ferguson bet 35,000 on a AK5 flop. Ferguson called, holding AQ for top pair. Lederer showed 73 for a flush draw. The turn and river didn’t help Lederer-Gordon, and they doubled up the always dangerous duo of Ivey-Ferguson.

Final table action continues next Saturday on GSN, as all four team return to play for the $1 million prize.

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