A Set for Shak

Dan Shak had barely sat down before he got embroiled in a big pot against Talal Shakechi. The American raised to 3,000 from under-the-gun, Yaqi Sun called, Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 21,500 from under-the-gun+2 and Shak was the only caller. This was only the second hand Shak had been seated for and he was still getting to grips with the chip denominations.

On the flop Shak check-called a bet of 18,000 and the fell on the turn. Far from being an action card, this slowed both players down and they got a free look at the river card. Shak took a look back at his cards and then bet 15,000. After thinking for about 30 seconds Shakerchi elected to call. "Set of jacks," announced Shak and he rolled over . Shakerchi couldn't beat it and he mucked face down. Some post-hand discussion revealed that Shak actually meant to bet 75,000 on the river but threw out the wrong colour chips, Shakerchi intimated that he'd have folded to a bet of that size so it was a 'good mistake' by Shak.