Leventhal Keeps His Promise
Barry Leventhal is operating cautiously here at the ten-handed final table. Just now he opened with a raise to 72,000 from the hijack seat, and when Sung Kim reraised to 200,000 from the small blind Leventhal quickly had doubts about proceeding further.
"I promised myself I'd never bust with this hand," he told the table, and showed his 
before folding and preserving a stack of about 440,000.
Leventhal's promise-keeping appears to have paid off in the near term, anyway, as he'd soon win a couple of small pots to push back up to 560,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
560,000
85,000
|
85,000 |