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David Gent raised to 700 and John Tabatabai made the call.
The flop was and Tabatabai led out with a bet of 800. Gent made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. The river brought the and Tabatabai fired out another 1,800 before Gent moved all in. Tabatabai made the call but couldn't better the of Gent for the straight on the turn. Gent now takes control of this tie.
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John Tabatabai has taken a 1-0 advantage over David Gent.
The key hand of the first rubber saw Gent make a min-raise preflop and the players take a flop of . Tabatabai then check-called a 600 bet from Gent to move to the turn . On the turn Tabatabai bet out 1,500 and Gent made the call. The river saw Gent once again bet into Tabatabai, this time for 2,500. Tabatabai made a call to force a showdown.
Gent showed for air. Tabatabai tabling for middle pair on the flop, good for the win.
Gent was down to 5,500 after the hand. Tabatabai taking the rubber soon after.
[user67765]
The finals of the Australian Heads Up Championship will be getting underway shortly. Our semifinals will see David Gent squaring off against John Tabatabai, while Jarred Solomon will be taking on Alec "traheho" Torelli.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as this event reaches its exciting conclusion.
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and Tabatabai led out with a bet of 800. Gent made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Tabatabai fired out another 1,800 before Gent moved all in. Tabatabai made the call but couldn't better the 
of Gent for the straight on the turn. Gent now takes control of this tie.
. Tabatabai then check-called a 600 bet from Gent to move to the turn 
. On the turn Tabatabai bet out 1,500 and Gent made the call. The river 
saw Gent once again bet into Tabatabai, this time for 2,500. Tabatabai made a call to force a showdown.
for air. Tabatabai tabling 
for middle pair on the flop, good for the win.
