We found Robert Cheung facing a bet of 5,500 in what appeared to be a reraised pot, and the community reading . He elected to call the bet, and his opponent jammed his remaining 12,000 or so on the turn.
"I might have gotten lucky," Cheung said, sliding out a stack of chips to indicate a call.
His opponent turned over , and Cheung was lucky indeed, as he had hit a two-outer with . The river came , no help to Cheung's opponent.
Blair Hinkle opened for a raise from middle position and found two callers from late position and another in the blinds.
A relatively dry flop of hit the felt, and Hinkle checked to the cutoff, who bet 2,500. Action folded back to Hinkle, who called. A turn prompted another check-call from Hinkle, this time after his opponent bet 4,000. The river was a , and Hinkle checked again. This time, his opponent checked behind.
Hinkle showed , while his opponent tossed face up into the the middle.
Chris Johnson called a raise to 1,200 from an early-position player, and the button came along as well. Both blinds folded.
The flop came , and the early player continuation-bet 1,800. Johnson made the call, and the button got out of the way. The turn was a , and Johnson again called a bet, this time 4,200. The dealer burned and turned a , two-pairing the board. The early-position player fired a final bullet for 6,500. Johnson announced all in, and his opponent mucked immediately.
We recently caught a hand with Chicago tournament notable Chris Karambinis, who opened to 1,200 from late position and was called by the blinds.
The board came , and all three players checked. The turn was the , and the big blind bet out 1,675. Karambinis called, and the opponent in the small blind folded.
As the players went heads-up on the river, Karambinis made an instant hero call for 4,850. His opponent showed , and Karambinis took down the pot with . His stack is currently at around 25,000.