06-13-2009 09:21 UTC-12

Appleman Triples Up

donpeters

Mickey Appleman was all in for 14,000 chips against two other players, Gregory Giannokostas and Kevin Petersen. The flop came down {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

{2-Spades}

and Giannokostas fired a bet of 12,000. Petersen folded and Giannokostas took his bet back before going to a showdown with Mickey.

Showdown
Appleman: {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Clubs}

{7-Spades}

{3-Hearts}

Giannokostas: {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

{4-Clubs}

The turn brought the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

and the river was the {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

. Appleman held top pair of kings for the high and the nut low to scoop the pot.

Tags: Gregory Giannokostas Kevin Petersen Mickey Appleman