06-12-2008 01:47 UTC-7

Kessler Caught In The Middle

[user67765]

Stud-8:

We caught the action on fifth street with Marco Traniello raising the bet of his opponent, who was showing {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

. Traniello showed {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{3-Clubs}

but Allen Kessler flat-called the raise with {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{Q-Hearts}

. The third player then reraised again with Traniello and Kessler flat-calling.

On sixth street the third player bet out with the {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

and Traniello called with the {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

as did Kessler with the {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

.

On the river the third player bet out once again and Traniello squeezed his cards before announcing a raise. Kessler sighed and tossed his cards and the third player made the call.

Traniello showed ( {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

{6-Spades}

)

{8-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{3-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

for the low as his opponent flipped (9-9-9) {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

for a full house to collect the high.

After the hand Kessler was left with only about 4,500 in chips.

Tags: Allen Kessler Marco Traniello