06-26-2007 03:57 UTC-7

First Hand To Write Home About

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Michael Craig

After countless shuffles, mucks, preflop raises, and unseen hole cards -- we saw our first showdown!

Karlo Lopez raised preflop and was called by Michael Craig.

Flop: {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

Karlo led out again on the flop and was called by Craig. The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

and Karlo led out again. The river was the {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

and both players checked. Craig turned over {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

and an upset Karlo mucked.

The pot was over 200,000 and Karlo is now the short stack.

Tags: Karlo Lopez Michael Craig