Truer Words Were Never Spoken

It's good to be Steven Begleiter on Day 6 of the 2009 Main Event. He raised to 80,000 preflop and was called by Marc McLaughlin from the button. McLaughlin has been quite active both before and after dinner, playing more than his share of pots.

Begleiter bet 140,000 on a flop of {7-Hearts}

. McLaughlin quickly threw six green (25,000) chips into the middle, receiving two orange (5,000) chips in return. The turn fell {6-Diamonds}

and brought a bet of 250,000 from Begleiter. Again McLaughlin quickly called.

The river fell {K-Hearts}

. Begleiter finally ceded the initiative to his opponent by checking, but McLaughlin checked behind.

"Set," said Begleiter, showing down {7-Spades}

. McLaughlin mucked.

"Man, you have a set every hand," said Hieu Luu.

"Better to happen on Day 6 than on Day 1," Begleiter replied as he stacked his chips.

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