Phil Gordon's Aces Beat a Buffet Bet
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Phil Gordon raises from the cutoff to 1,200, and one player calls from a blind position. The flop comes
, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 2,600, and his opponent calls. The turn card pairs the board with the 
, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 4,500, and his opponent calls. The river card is the 
, and this is where the buffet bet comes into play. The player in the blind position decides to bet, picking up a few chips from each of the different denominations. This is a buffet bet -- a little of this, a few of these, and a couple of those. Altogether, it adds up to about 7,000.
The actual amount doesn't matter to Gordon, who quickly calls showing
. The buffet-style bettor mucks his card and loses a variety of his chips. Phil Gordon is up to about 44,000.
. The turn gives Fillipi a full house and he's up to 56,000.
and Shorr's pocket queens held up. He is now sitting on a chip stack of 13,250.
, Katja Thater led out with a 3,500 bet and was called by a single opponent. The 
(she'd been chasing the flush draw, but ended up with two pair). Her opponent showed 
