Aido's Bluff Fails, Piper in Great Shape

The flop showed and both blinds checked to Michael Piper who bet 725 and the player in the small blind called. Sergio Aido, seated in the big blind, check raised to 2,500 and Piper made the call. The small blind tanked for a bit and folded creating heads-up action on the turn.

The turn brought the and Aido fired out another 4,800 into Piper who went into the tank for quite a while. The third place finisher of EPT San Remo 2010 ended up making the call and on the river the hit.

Aido stared into the distance for about a minute before checking, and Piper checked behind quickly. Aido shook his head and tabled and Piper took down the pot after showing .