06-28-2009 16:34 UTC-12

Good Start for Naalden

Shamus

After a flop of {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{2-Spades}

{3-Clubs}

, Greg Mueller checked, Marc Naalden bet, Mueller check-raised, and Naalden called.

The turn was the {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

. Mueller bet, Naalden raised, Mueller three-bet, and Naalden called.

The river was the {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

. Mueller checked, Naalden bet, and Mueller called. Naalden showed {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{8-Clubs}

and Mueller {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

. A bit pot here at the beginning of heads-up play -- over half a million!

Naalden now has 975,000, and Mueller 2.625 million.