Pierce Slowrolls, Slams Opponent
Paul Pierce has added chips during the first two hours of play. We just saw a couple of hands with the NBA star, one ending in a chopped pot and the other involving Pierce busting another opponent.
In the first hand, Pierce limped in from under the gun and watched as Anthony Caruso limped as well, then Michael Shklover raised to 3,000 from late position. It folded back and both Pierce and Caruso called. All three checked the 
flop, then after the 
fell on the turn Pierce rechecked his cards and led with a bet of 4,200. Caruso raised all in for about 20,000 and Shklover folded, and Pierce called.
Both players had the current nuts as Pierce had 
and Caruso 
. The river was the 
, and the pair split the pot.
Soon after that, we caught up with another hand that had reached the turn with the board showing 
. Pierce's lone opponent had pushed all in from the small blind, and Pierce, sitting in the big blind, rechecked his cards, hesitated for a couple of seconds, and called.
Pierce then rolled over 
for a straight flush, and his opponent didn't even wait for the dealer to deliver the 
river before mucking and leaving. The table then commented at length on the slowroll, with Pierce and David Chiu sharing a laugh afterwards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
238,000 | 96,900 |
|
24,000 | -7,500 |