Interesting Pot Sees Lam Double Through Chow
From middle position, Marc Convey raised to 425 to start off the action. Shengqing Zhu called from the cutoff seat, and Richard Chow called on the button. Then, Yue Hin Lam reraised to 1,775 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, things got a bit tricky.
The dealer began to pull in all the original bet amounts of 425. Then, Convey and Zhu called the reraise, and the dealer pulled those in, but Chow was still to act. After a couple minutes of reconstructing the pot, Chow made the call and all four saw a flop.
The flop came down 
, and action checked around to Chow. He bet 2,300, and the three-bettor Lam moved all in for 11,875. After a fold came from Convey and Zhu, Chow thought for a minute, then called.
Chow held the 
for a combo draw, but Lam had flopped trips with the 
. The table seemed to be quite surprised with the two hands that were turned over in this big, three-bet pot.
The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Lam's trips held up, and he won the pot to more than double his stack.