Rivero Gets Shorter
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Alain Bauer raised to 200,000 from the button, Steven Rivero called in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Bauer bet 250,000 and Rivero called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked. The 
filled in the board on the river. Bauer bet 500,000 and Rivero called it.
Bauer tabled the 
for two pair which beat the 
of Rivero as he fell farther down the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
2,000,000 | -2,800,000 |
. Both players checked it.
. Bauer bet 4,000,000. Afriat called after a moment.
for the broadway straight while, Afriat had the defeated 
to send a big pot to Bauer to give him a vicegrip on the final table.
and Afriat bet 1,000,000 after Bauer had checked. The latter then check-raised all in, which was a huge shove as the two big stacks were clashing while Steven Rivero, the short stack, was still alive. Afriat would have to put his whole stack in the middle to call. 
. It went check-check to the 
turn. Rivero bet 200,000, Bauer min-raised to 400,000 and Rivero called.
for a pair of threes which won the pot as Bauer only had the 
Polk would need running nines or running spades to survive, the turn was the 
came on the river.
. Doug Polk bet and Eric Afriat called.
to put a flush on the board. Rivero bet 900,000 and Afriat snap-called.