All You Need Is Eight
A min-raise open UTG to 300 saw two calls, including one from Jeff Sarwer. A couple of seats down and William Thorson reraised to 1,550 with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier flat-calling in the big blind. The original raiser folded as did one of those previous callers but Sarwer threw in his 1,550 as well to see the flop three-way.
The board of was checked around to the turn, ElkY checked a second time and Sarwer fired out 3,200. Thorson called and the Frenchman folded before the was dealt, Sarwer gave up and checked and Thorson quickly checked behind.
The former chess-prodigy shrugged disappointedly, turning over for a missed flush draw with Thorson's had stayed ahead to win the pot for the Swede.