Grafton Shows the Bluff
Niveau 3
: 150/300, 25 ante
A player in early position bet 1,200 on a 
flop and Sam Grafton made it 3,025 to go from the button. The bettor called and both checked the 
. The first player checked the 
river and Grafton bet 9,000. That sent his opponent into a two-minute tank.
"You show if I fold?" he said.
"You show, I show," Grafton said after about 30 seconds.
The player immediately turned over 
and Grafton revealed 
for a bluff.
"I had to!" Grafton said. "I was going to give up on the turn but I had seven-high on the river."
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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36,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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and Simon Wiggins, in the small blind, and John Duthie, in the hijack, had checked. Kevin MacPhee bet 1,600 from the button. Wiggins called but Duthie decided to raise to 5,000, MacPhee three-bet to 13,200. Wiggins got out of the way but Duthie decided to call.
, Duthie bet 16,000, MacPhee shoved for 21,525 and Duthie snap-called even though MacPhee had him covered.
on the river completed the board which gave Duthie two pair, kings and deuces, but that wasn't enough against the set of tens MacPhee had flopped. Duthie was eliminated and got up from the table. The two players shook hands and Duthie indicated he'd try again tomorrow.
. Chris Moorman bet 5,200, a little under half-pot. Papazian tanked for a couple of minutes and then tossed in 15,000, leaving only about 3,000 back. Moorman folded after about a minute.
to complete the board. Rudziankov bet 2,200, Sammartino looked at his chips and then decided to raise to 7,925. Now Rudziankov had a decision to take. He decided to re-raise to 28,800. Sammartino was not happy and sat up. Looked at his cards, shook his head and gave Rudziankov a few good stares. He then looked at the board again and unhappily made the call. 
for a straight flush and Sammartino looked at his cards again. He then just mucked them. Rudziankov raked in the pot and didn't say anything.
on the turn and the 
on the river. Van Zadelhoff showed 
making up the community. Hakim thought a couple of minutes and seemed to be leaning toward a call as he held the requisite chips in his hand. Finally, he threw them in.
for a bricked straight draw and Hakim took it with 
, the big blind checked, Luske bet 4,000 and his opponent folded.
