Hands #71-75: James Carroll Reaches 19 Million at the Expense of Ami Alibay

Photo:  WPT Champions Club member James Carroll

Hand #70  –  James Carroll raises under the gun to 350,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #71  –  WPT Champions Club member Eric Afriat raises from the button to 300,000, and James Carroll calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Carroll bets 500,000, and Afriat folds. Carroll takes the pot.

Hand #72  –  Eric Afriat raises from the cutoff to 350,000, and Maria Ho calls from the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of . Ho shows , but Afriat turns over to win the pot with his ace.

Hand #73  –  Ami Alibay raises from the cutoff to 325,000, Maria Ho reraises from the small blind to 1,000,000, and Alibay uses one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he folds. Ho takes the pot.

Hand #74  –  James Carroll raises from the cutoff to 325,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #75  –  Ami Alibay limps UTG+1 for 150,000, James Carroll raises from the hijack to 400,000, and Jerry Wong thinks for a while in the big blind before he calls. Alibay also thinks for a while before he calls.

The flop comes , and it checks to Carroll, who bets 550,000. Wong folds, and Alibay calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , Alibay checks, Carroll bets 875,000, and Alibay uses one of his Time Chips to think for nearly a minute before he calls.

Carroll shows to win the pot, and Alibay mucks. Carroll has increased his chipleading stack to more than 19 million.

James Carroll  –  19,075,000  (127 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  2,350,000  (16 bb)