Alvarez and Karmires Clash
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Allen Alvarez limped in from the early position and George Karmires completed his small blind while the big blind opted to check.
They all checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. It was checked to Alvarez who bet 5,000 and Karmires responded with a raise to 17,000. The big blind folded and Alvarez called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Karmires bet 28,000 and Alvarez took his time before announcing a raise to 80,000 for Karmires to snap-fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
216,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
188,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
, Araya check-called the 12,000 continuation-bet of his opponent. 
and Araya checked again. This time his opponent led out for 22,000 which Araya called.
for both players to check through it. Araya tabled 
for the full house to scoop the pot.
to give Mian a gutshot to a straight.
to bring the straight to Mian indeed and the river completed the board with the 
to seal the deal for Mian.
which didn't change anything and neither did the 
, Yang check-called the 5,000 continuation-bet of Lam but folded to the 7,500 bet of the latter when the 