02-23-2009 13:46 UTC-7

River Bets Work for Sowers, Brunson

[user75032]

Mike Sowers started the day near the top of the leaderboard and hasn't shown any sign of slowing down. Sowers and one other player check-called a bet of 4,000 from Neal Wang on a board of {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{10-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

. When the river fell a seeming blank, {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

, Sowers led out for 13,000. Neither of his opponents put up the chips to see Sowers' cards.

At a table on the other side of the room, Todd Brunson bet 25,000 into a pot of 32,000 on a board of {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

{2-Hearts}

{7-Clubs}

{K-Hearts}

. His lone opponent, Steven Rosen, had about 20,000 chips left in his stack. Rosen hemmed and hawed for a minute before releasing his hand.

Tags: Mike Sowers Todd Brunson