06-14-2009 15:09 UTC-12

Boat on the River

Shamus

Jason Tam raised from the button, and Tomas Alenius called. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

. Alenius checked, Tam bet, Alenius check-raised, and Tam called. The turn was the {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

. Alenius bet, and Tam called.

The river was the {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

. Alenius bet again, and with a wincing expression Tam made the call. Alenius turned over {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

for the rivered full house, while Tam showed {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{J-Spades}

for the beaten flush. "Sick," said Tam, as the pot was pushed his opponent's way.

Alenius has taken the upper hand again with 2.2 million to Tam's 500,000.