Shortway Check-Calls to a Win
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Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Rob Shortway and Steven Merrifield saw a flop of 
and Shortway checked the action. Merrifield fired out a bet of 80,000 and Shortway called.
The turn brought 
and once again Shortway checked. Merrifield sent out another bet, this time making the magic number 170,000. Shortway called once again. The river brought 
and Shortway checked for a third time. Merrifield pushed out a big bet of 340,000 and Shortway quickly called, tabling 
. Merrifield sent his cards into the muck and Shortway scooped a big pot.
Shortway is currently up to about 3,900,000 while Merrifield drops to about 1,400,000.