09-06-2009 15:10 UTC+3

Mizzi Making a Mark

[user75032]

It didn't take Sorel Mizzi long to jump into action. He apparently led the charge on the early streets of a {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{7-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

{5-Clubs}

{3-Spades}

board. At the river, Mizzi check-called 3,500 from his opponent, who turned over total air -- {k-Clubs}

{k-Clubs}

{q-Hearts}

. Mizzi tabled a pair of eights, {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{8-Spades}

, to take down the pot.

"Wow," said another player at the table. "I thought you had queens."

Antonio Esfandiari had been watching from one table away. "He's the best," Esfandiari called out. "The Mizzi-nator. Plays a pair of eights like they're aces."

Tags: Sorel Mizzi