04-13-2010 13:48 UTC-12

Chop It Up

Mickey Doft

Jason Mercier raised to 12,000 on the button and Sam Stein defended his big blind.

The flop came down {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

and Stein check-called 14,500 from Mercier. The {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

hit the turn and Stein checked. Mercier put out a bet of 28,500 and Stein called. The river delivered the {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

on the river and both checked. Stein tabled {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

while Mercier showed {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

and they chopped it up.