In a battle of the blinds, the flop came
, Cornel Cimpan checked, Ben Grundy bet 32,000 (the pot), Cimpan check-raised the pot, and Grundy called.The turn was the
, and Cimpan quickly bet pot, increasing the total size of the pot to 288,000. Grundy went deep into the tank. After a minute or so, Cimpan decided to call down in there and see how his neighbor was doing. "Don't do it, man. Don't do it. You've got plenty of chips. Look, you've got what... 300,000?" Grundy actually had more like about 250,000 left. "If you do it I'm gonna steamroll this table. None of these other guys want me to have all those chips."
After a while, Cimpan was done waiting. "All right, let's get the clock," he said. He stood up, one hand in his pocket, the other holding his water bottle. And a sneaky smile on his face.
Finally, Grundy folded. As Cimpan tossed his cards to the dealer, some of the others feigned as if to check them out. "No, no, no, no, no," said Cimpan, still grinning. He's now approaching the million-chip mark, while Grundy still has his 250,000 with which to battle anew.
and Andrzejewski announced he was all in. Boukai paused just a beat, and called.
, while Boukai turned over 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, meaning Boukai's tens and sevens were best. ![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Makowsky checked, Cimpan bet 75,000, and Makowsky made the call. 
. Makowsky again checked, and Cimpan asked how much was in the pot. "238,000," said the dealer. Cimpan took some time to cut out 238,000 from his stack, and it looked a lot like he was about to push them forward. But he refrained, and checked instead.
-- he'd turned the straight and was hoping to trap Cimpan, but Cimpan didn't bite. The paired board kept Makowsky from firing on the end, and he complimented Cimpan as he dragged the pot.