Koubi Involved in Lots of Pots
Fred Koubi has been playing lots of pots on the secondary table, and it's been a mixed bag. In one three-way pot, he bet the flop and also the turn. Each time Ylon Schwartz checked and then called. When the river fell , Schwartz checked a third time.
"I can't bet," said Koubi. "If you don't have it, you can't call. If you do have it you might check it." Koubi checked behind and tabled a set of queens, . It turned out that Schwartz did indeed "have it"; he turned up a Broadway straight, .
A few hands later, Koubi was one of four players in for one small bet. Three continued for another small bet on a , and all checked the turn. At the river , action checked to last-to-act Dan Heimiller, who threw out a bet. Koubi was the only player to call.
Heimiller showed one card, the , and then paused. Then he mucked the rest of his hand. Koubi tabled a flush, , to claim the pot.