06-14-2009 14:54 UTC-12

Tam Takes Back

Shamus

Tomas Alenius and Jason Tam

Jason Tam opened with a raise on the button, and Tomas Alenius called. The flop came {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

. Alenius checked, Tam bet, and Alenius called. Both checked the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

on the turn. The river brought the {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

. Alenius checked, Tam bet, and Alenius paused for a few beats, then called. Tam showed {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

for the rivered straight, and Alenius mucked.

That pot plus a couple of others brings the pair back close to even again, with Tam at 1.4 million and Alenius 1.5 million.