Keating Thinks Better of Bluffing Akkari
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Andre Akkari bet 10,000 from the small blind into Sylvain Loosli and Alex Keating, on a flop of 
. Both players called, and the turn came the 
.
Akkari bet another 13,000 on the turn, and Loosli folded from the hijack. Keating called from the button, and the river came the 
. Akkari checked this time, and Keating thought it over for awhile before checking back.
Akkari showed 
for the king-high flush. Keating told Akkari that he thought about bluffing on the river, but in this case it's probably a good thing he just checked back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 33,000 |
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
, and Joe McKeehen called from the big blind. The turn came the 
, McKeehen led out for 3,200, and Pecheux called.
, McKeehen checked and Pecheux checked back. McKeehen showed down the 
for the king-high flush, and Pecheux mucked his 
and Saout checked. Lemarquand fired 18,000. Saout thought for a long while, but eventually folded.
, and went into the tank. After a couple of minutes of consideration, Ho made the call, but mucked when her opponent showed 
.
, Manig Loeser, in the big blind, moved all in for his last 3,800. The player under the gun snap-called and the cards were tabled.
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