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Lichtenberger Shows the Bluff
The action was joined with Lirui Zhang and Andrew Lichtenberger facing off in a pot that already had 16,000 in the middle.
The flop Q♠6♥9♣ was already face up on the felt, and Zhang was first to act, in the cutoff.
Zhang elected to check, proceeding with a check-call of Lichtenberger's bet of 8,500.
The turn 3♥ brought the back door flush draw, and when Zhang checked again, Lichtenberger continued with a bet of 18,000. Again, Zhang called.
The dealer added the 10♥ river card to the board, and Zhang checked for a third time. This time, Lichtenberger assembled a bet of 41,000 and put it into the middle. Lichtenberger had left himself just 900 chips behind.
Zhang went into the tank, taking time to consider before eventually folding A♥Q♦ face up.
"Wow,” said Lichtenberger, who then showed Zhang the bad news. He flipped over A♦K♥, confirming he had bluffed his opponent.