Phil Gordon raises from the cutoff to 1,200, and one player calls from a blind position. The flop comes , his opponent checks, Gordon bets 2,600, and his opponent calls. The turn card pairs the board with the , his opponent checks, Gordon bets 4,500, and his opponent calls. The river card is the , and this is where the buffet bet comes into play.
The player in the blind position decides to bet, picking up a few chips from each of the different denominations. This is a buffet bet -- a little of this, a few of these, and a couple of those. Altogether, it adds up to about 7,000.
The actual amount doesn't matter to Gordon, who quickly calls showing . The buffet-style bettor mucks his card and loses a variety of his chips.
Phil Gordon is up to about 44,000.