02-24-2010 19:29 UTC-12

Stein Shows Down the Winner

[user75032]

If the final two players aren't raising and re-raising before the flop, they're playing very conservatively after the flop. Tom Marchese opened with a raise to 500,000 pre-flop that Sam Stein called. Both players checked the {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{2-Diamonds}

{4-Clubs}

flop and the {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

turn. When the river came {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

, Stein led out for 725,000. Marchese called but couldn't beat Stein's {A-?}

{A-?}

{5-?}

, a pair of fives.

With that pot, Stein's lead grows slightly bigger.