Truer Words Were Never Spoken
Begleiter bet 140,000 on a flop of . McLaughlin quickly threw six green (25,000) chips into the middle, receiving two orange (5,000) chips in return. The turn fell and brought a bet of 250,000 from Begleiter. Again McLaughlin quickly called.
The river fell . Begleiter finally ceded the initiative to his opponent by checking, but McLaughlin checked behind.
"Set," said Begleiter, showing down . McLaughlin mucked.
"Man, you have a set every hand," said Hieu Luu.
"Better to happen on Day 6 than on Day 1," Begleiter replied as he stacked his chips.