Small Pots Grow Big Quick
In one of the last hands of the previous level, Nick Petrangelo opened the cutoff for 300 and received no fewer than 3 callers; the button and both blinds were all interested in seeing a flop.
Small blind Francois Corouge and big blind Liem Huynh checked on 
and Petrangelo bet 800. Ricardo Tavares called from the button before small blind Corouge squeezed to 3,100. Huynh wasted no time calling.
Petrangelo glanced at his chips for a bit before he 3-bet to 8,000. Tavares thought about it for a just a bit before folding. Corouge thought about it a bit longer but eventually followed suit en folded as well. Huynh called.
The 
hit the turn and Huynh checked.
"You have 3 blues behind, right?" Petrangelo asked.
Huynh acknowledged he had 15,000 in blue chips and had about 2,000 or so more in smaller denomination chips.
Petrangelo bet 19,000, putting Huynh all in and leaving himself just 2,550 behind.
Huyhn tanked for under a minute and folded. Petrangelo silently mucked while raking in the chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
42,300
12,300
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12,300 |
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||
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flop and his opponent check-called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. On the 
and won the hand when his opponent mucked.
, expecting to be heading for the exits.
flop.
turn. The 
for a pair of kings but Mayorga tabled 
for two pair to drag the pot.
. He and his opponent checked the 
on the turn and Papazian folded to his opponent's 3,100 bet on the 
river. Papazian continued with 13,625, his opponent flashed 
. 
for a flush and that was good for the pot.
