12-01-2009 20:14 UTC+11

Caught With His Hand in the Cookie Jar

Matthew

At table 22 a sizable pot unfolded when Frank Galea popped it up in early position to 1,600. Both Nick Velcic and Charles Lam called and all three saw a flop of {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{5-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

prompting a series of checks.

The turn card was the {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

, and Galea once again checked. Velcic checked as well, and Lam tossed out four red chips, betting 4,000. Galea made the call, and Velcic folded.

The river brough the {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

and Galea chose to check, leading Lam to bet 8,000, a bet slightly smaller than the size of the pot. After thinking it through, Galea decided to make the call and flipped over {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{10-Spades}

for second pair. Lam, on the other hand could only produce ace-high with his {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{6-Spades}

and the 30,000 pot was pushed to Galea, who now sits on about 50,000.

Tags: Charles Lam Frank Galea