Championship: Charlie Carrel Treads Carefully Postflop

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
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Jordan Scott

Charlie Carrel had 3,000 chips out in front of his button in what appeared to be a preflop three-bet behind unknown action. Picking it up live, Jordan Scott four-bet to 8,500 in the big blind, and Carrel five-bet to 17,500 total. Scott called the remainder to see a flop.

It came 8d7c2c. Scott checked, and Carrel checked behind. That action repeated after the Qs turn and 9s river, with Carrel checking back both streets.

It probably wasn’t the result Scott was hoping for; he showed AhAc to win the pot with a pair of aces. The two men traded some quiet conversation after the hand, during which Carrel mentioned that he was “pretty happy about that.”

“You didn’t have it, did you?” Scott asked.

Carrel quietly slipped his noise-cancelling headphones back over his ears and said nothing further about the hand.

Jordan Scott – 100,000
Charlie Carrel – 49,000