01-31-2009 13:17 UTC+8

Kluber Charging Up the Counts

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Ron Kluber, from Day 1 action

Two big hands have positioned Ron Kluber near the top of the counts. We didn't see the first one, where Kluber caught pocket aces against an opponent's pocket sixes, but we did see the second. Kluber checked on a board of {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{5-Spades}

{9-Diamonds}

, then called a bet of 7,000 from Robert Carlsson. When the turn fell {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

Kluber quickly and confidently stuffed 20,000 chips into the middle. Carlsson thought things through for roughly 30 seconds before folding. Kluber showed {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

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"Bad river for you," one player at the table said.

"Terrible river," Kluber agreed. No matter; he won the hand and dragged the pot to increase his chip count to 89,000.

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