Payne Forces a Fold
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 100,000 ante
Korey Payne completed his small blind upon a fold from Salim Admon, and Martin Zamani raised his option to 600,000. Payne called and the two went to a flop of 
. Payne checked and called a continuation-bet of 400,000 from Zamani.
The turn was 
and Payne led out for 1.4 million. Zamani called and the river fell 
.
"All in," said Payne, and Zamani announced a fold before Payne could slide his chips forward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,400,000 | 2,400,000 |
|
8,700,000 | -1,650,000 |
.
and Zamani bet 400,000. Admon called.
. Admon studied Zamani for a bit and then put out 1.1 million. Zamani called.
for turned jacks up and Zamani remarked again about Admon consistently hitting cards: "we could have gotten it in on the turn," added Zamani as he looked back at his cards before sending them into the muck face down.
and Zamani check-called a continuation-bet of 300,000 from Admon.
and the river came 
. Zamani checked again and Admon put out a bet of 500,000. Moments later, Zamani slid in a stack of chips worth 100,000 apiece for a raise to 2 million, sending Admon into thought for a little bit before putting one more chip on top to call.
for the turned second-nut flush. Admon mucked.
. Payne led out for 350,000 and Zamani announced a raise to 1 million. Payne called.
and Payne checked. Zamani bet 1.5 million, sending Payne into the tank for about 40 seconds before he folded, showing 
for a flush draw.
before taking in the pot.
and Payne checked to Zamani, who made a continuation-bet of 300,000. Payne called.
and Payne checked for a third and final time. Zamani cut out 1.5 million and then stacked it up and put it past the betting line. Payne took only a few moments to call.
and Payne mucked to earn him the pot.
. He was correct but quite surprised as Froelich showed 
but was ultimately left with nothing more than an open-ended straight draw when all was said and done.
to once again give Zamani a flush. Both players laughed at the runout.
