Gordon's Curious Line

We certainly try not to editorialize when providing tournament coverage. All the same, the line Phil Gordon -- author of the Little Green Book, among others -- took in a recent hand was non-standard. Gordon raised preflop from middle position and was called by a late-position player and by Chris Karagulleyan in the big blind. All three players checked the {9-Diamonds}

flop and the {Q-Hearts}

turn.

When the river came {6-Hearts}

, Karagulleyan checked to Gordon. He finally took a stab at the pot by betting 1,200. The late-position player called.

"I wanted to call," Karagulleyan told the late-position player. He peeked back at his cards once and then folded.

At showdown, Gordon showed {A-Diamonds}

. His top pair of aces was no good against his opponent's rivered two pair of sixes and fives, {6-Spades}

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