Venable Asks and Receives

Jack Venable saw action folded to him on the button and opened to 12,000. Phyilis Blanton defended her big blind with no small blind in the hand due to an apparent elimination on the previous hand, and the two saw a flop of .

Blanton checked to Venable, who counted out some chips in front of him before stacking them up and placing them out in one stack to bet. Blanton asked how much he had bet and the stack was cut back out to total 12,000. Blanton called. The turn came and Blanton checked again.

"All in," said Venable. Blanton asked for confirmation that he had announced he was all in and then immediately called thereafter.

"You called? Ah, good hand!" said Venable.

Jack Venable:
Phylis Blanton:

Venable had overbet-bluffed his stack with nothing more than six high and a gutshot straight draw only to run into Blanton's turned trip sevens.

"Give me a four," he asked from the dealer as he stood up from his seat. The dealer complied, burning and turning the river to send the table into a slight uproar as he sat back down to get his stack counted, which ended up being another 74,000 to be paid.