07-14-2008 11:50 UTC-8

Riesenberg Makes Nice Start

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Jason Riesenberg

Jason Riesenberg opened up from middle position to 180,000 with Nicholas Sliwinski making the call from the small blind. They took a flop of {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

and both players checked.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

and Sliwinski checked again to Riesenberg, who fired out a bet of 320,000. Sliwinski made the call.

The river brought the {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and both players checked it down.

Sliwinski showed {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

for a pair and busted flush draw, but it was not enough to beat the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

of Riesenberg, who took down the pot to move up to 5.4 million chips.

Tags: Jason Riesenberg Nicholas Sliwinski