Koon Takes Over the Lead

Over on the outer table, in the second hand of the day, Dan Cates limped in. Gabe Patgorski raised to 200,000 and Jason Koon called on the button, as did Cates. On the flop, Cates checked and Patgorski bet 350,000. Koon moved all in and that forced both opponents out.

Soon after, Cates and Koon tangled in another pot to the river. Koon bet 250,000 for more than the pot and Cates was in the think tank. "Did you have your cold shower?" Koon asked, but Cates shook his head. "Ah, so you can't make your best decision yet. Gabe made a great decision with the fold earlier," Koon added. Cates took another half a minute and called.

Koon announced ten-high and Cates won the pot with for a full house. "I had my workout," Cates added and Koon grinned back with a "ah damn, I shouldn't have bluffed then."