Trickett Takes a Chunk from Antonius
Sam Trickett raised to 1,500 and was called by the two players in the blinds. Wang Qiang called from the small blind and Patrik Antonius from the big blind to see the flop come down . Qiang checked as did Antonius. Trickett bet 2,500 and only Antonius came along to see the turn.
The turn card was the . Antonius led for 8,000 and Trickett called to see the fall on the river. After Antonius fired 18,000, Trickett raised to 48,000. Antonius thought for a bit and then mucked his hand.
Antonius slipped down to 67,000 while Trickett increased to 140,000.
After the hand, Antonius asked Trickett, "You play every hand so far?"
"Why not?" responded Trickett. "I'm here to play!"
Then, John Juanda chimed in and asked Antonius, "How much we start with? You lose one hand and you're already down to 50K!"