Check It Down, Lyon Wins Small Pot
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Mel Lyon is approaching 30,000 and on this hand he picked up close to the minimum, as it appeared no one wanted to win the pot.
Mounir Koja started the hand by limping under the gun. Lyon called from the button and with both the blinds in, four players saw the 
flop. The players checked the board down through the river, adding 
to the board.
At that point players took turns tossing out their best chance at winning the pot as if they were playing the old card game war. Lyon tossed out the 
, which was good for a pair and topped the ace high that was leading to that point. Then Lyon tossed the 
to expose his whole hand and he took down the small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
and Borden went all in for his remaining 21,000. He had Vera covered and Vera went into the tank. He eventually called, saying that he needed to see it. What he saw was 
, which was good enough to give Borden the spade flush. Vera mucked his set of fives and headed to the rail.
flop. Ken Moore kicked off the post-flop action by betting 4,000 and Mike Truman was the only caller.
hit. Truman went all in for his remaining 14,775. Moore called and showed 
of Truman.
. She got called by Michael Sassin who held 
and Susan Frazier was eliminated.
and the first player to act bet 1,100. Robey, the preflop raiser, folded and Frazier raised to 3,000. The original bettor called the raise and it was heads up to the turn.
and the first player opened again, this time making it 3,000. Frazier raised again, to the tune of 10,000 which proved to be enough to take down the pot when his opponent mucked.