04-02-2008 20:25 UTC+2

William Thorson on the Wrong End of a Big Pot

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William Thorson

An early position raiser bumped it up to 900 to play and got a call from late position. William Thorson, playing from the button, re-raised to 3,000 total. The intial raiser passed but the late position player made the call. It was heads up to the flop of {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{K-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

. Both men checked and the dealer slowly threw down the {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

on the turn. Thorson's opponent bet 3,000 and Thorson raised 3,000 more. After a bit of pondering, his opponent made the call. The {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

hit the river and it went check-check. Both men were reluctant to show their holdings until eventually Thorson said "queen-high." His opponent tabled {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

and Thorson flicked his cards into the muck.

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