The Demise of the xMONSTERxDONGx
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Walking over to Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis' table, we noticed that his once occupied seat is now empty.
Talking to tablemate Matthew Pearson, he detailed us the demise of the 'DONG.
Calling a John Caridad raise from the big blind, Karamalikis check-called a bet on the 
flop before leading when the turn repeated the . Caridad put in a raise and Karamalikis made the call before check-calling the river as the 
spiked.
Caridad tabled his 
for trips to leave Karamalikis with roughly 3,000.
A few hands later he found himself all in only to have fellow Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Annette Obrestad iso-shove to force the remaining players to kick their cards to the muck.
Karamalikis: 
Obrestad:
The king in the window saw Karamalikis look to be regaining new life, but that was soon followed by the cruel third five in the deck to render Obrestad with a near lock on the put.
It was a sweat-tastic queen on the turn, but when Karamalikis failed to improve on the river, he was forced to make his way to the rail.