Pros Out-played or Out-flopped?
An unknown player has just scooped a rather large pot, whilst short on chips, after tangling with pros Sorel Mizzi and Marvin Rettemaier.
The action folded to our hero in the hijack and he opened the betting with a raise to 400. Next to act in the cutoff was Mizzi, who made the call, as did Rettemaier on the button. Both blinds folded.
Flop:
Our hero continued his aggression with a bet of 700 chips, a bet that Mizzi quickly and nonchalantly called by literally tossing in a single red chip. After around 20 seconds pause, Rettemaier came along for the ride too.
Turn:
After betting preflop and on the flop, our unknown hero kept his foot firmly on the gas and fired a bet of 1,200, enough to fold out Mizzi but Rettemaier looked as if he was in for the long haul as he made the call.
River:
Following on from the previous streets, the hijack bet 2,200, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind and after around a minute of thinking time, Rettemaier mucked his hand.
Whilst counting the chip stacks at the end of the hand, out hero informed Rettemaier that he had flopped a set of three, to whch Rettemaier tapped the table and acknowledged his opponent's "nice hand."
Mizzi drops to 30,000, Rettemaier to 26,800 whilst our hero moves up to 15,625