"Have You Met Richard?"
Jason McPherson check-called a bet from Richard Ashby on a board of 
. The river was the 
, McPherson check-called another bet, and Ashby tabled 
- a straight and the nut low. McPherson showed 
for trip tens.
Ashby was then involved in a three-way pot with Gregory Jamison and Marco Johnson on a flop of 
. Jamison bet, Johnson raised, Ashby called, Jamison raised, and both Johnson and Ashby called.
The turn was the , Jamison checked, Johnson bet, and Ashby raised. Jamison shot out out of his chair in disgust, then unhappily folded his hand. Johnson called.
The river was the 
, Johnson checked, and Ashby quickly fired out a bet.
"OK," Johnson said, folding after a two-minute tank. "Set and a low."
Ashby didn't say a word.
"You had the wheel, right?" Johnson asked.
Again, no answer.
"Have you met Richard?" Andrew Brown asked Johnson, grinning.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
||
|
123,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
95,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
203,000
|
203,000 |