04-29-2010 15:37 UTC-12

Casetta Strikes First

donpeters

In the first real significant pot of the heads-up match, Dan Casetta took a couple hundred thousand chips from Andrew Lichtenberger.

Lichtenberger raised the button to 50,000 and Casetta called. The flop came down a monotone {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

. Casetta led with a bet of 75,000 and Lichtenberger called. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and Casetta checked. Lichtenberger fired 160,000 and Casetta called. The river was the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

and both players checked.

Casetta tabled the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{4-Hearts}

for trip fours and Lichtenberger mucked, losing the pot.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Dan Casetta