Mariakis Likes to Check-Raise All In
On a flop of 
, Michael Mariakis checked to Tony Hachem. The two have been battling all day long and this time Hachem fired 2,600. Mariakis check-raised all in for 22,200 and Hachem went into the tank. He looked truly pained by his decision and tanked for several minutes. Eventually, Hachem folded his hand, claiming to fold two jacks. Mariakis showed his hand, which was a full house with the 
, and scooped the pot. Hachem was left with 12,350 chips.
On the next hand, there was about 8,000 chips in the pot between Mariakis and Steve Yea. The board read 
on the turn and Mariakis checked to Yea. Yea fired 4,000 and then Mariakis did just what he did on the last hand, he check-raised all in. Yea mucked his hand and dropped to 38,000 chips. Mariakis moved to 37,000 chips after those two hands.