Mariakis Gives Some Away

The hand started with the player in middle position opening to 800 and finding a call from the player on the button. Michael Mariakis was on the big blind, and made the call, as all three saw the flop come down . Mariakis checked, as the player in middle position threw out a continuation bet of 2,000. The button folded, as Mariakis proceeded to ask for a count of his opponent’s chips.

Noticing he didn’t have a large stack behind, Mariakis raised to 5,700, which was enough to cover his opponent, who snap-called.

Mariakis:
Opponent:

The turn brought the , meaning Mariakis could only hit a six on the river to eliminate his opponent. When the fell instead, Mariakis had lost the pot.