Richards Leaves Merkow With Dust
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
On a flop of , it looked like the blinds had checked and faced a bet of 8,000, with small blind Gregg Merkow making it about 25,000 to go and big blind John Richards cold-calling. The bettor mucked and Merkow stuck the rest in on the turn, with Richards calling immediately and tabling for a set. Merkow had and needed a heart river, but it was Richards improving with the .
Merkow sent over 90,000, leaving less than 10,000 remaining as the table broke and players headed to find their new homes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Richards | 280,000 | 97,000 |
Gregg Merkow | 8,500 | -69,500 |