Tricky Flops

Shamus

We've seen a couple of interesting, similar hands on the each of the tables recently, both of which featured a couple of aces come out on the flop.

First, over on the secondary feature table, Michael Meyburg opened with a raise to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Adrian Schaap called from the button. The flop came {A-Hearts}

. Meyburg checked, Schaap bet 46,000, then Meyburg check-raised to 100,000. Schaap thought a moment, then announced he was all in for 220,000 total.

Meyburg -- who only had about 135,000 left and so would be committing nearly all of it should he call -- was in misery. "You have a strong hand, huh?" he asked Schaap, who said nothing and sat with his eyes closed and arms folded. "Queens any good?" asked Meyburg. Still, no answer.

Finally Meyburg folded. Schaap was over 300,000 after that one.

Later, over on the feature table, Alexey Maslov raised to 32,000 and Lucasz Plichta called from the big blind. The flop came {A-Diamonds}

, and both checked. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

. Plichta bet 40,000, and Maslov called. The river was the {4-Clubs}

. Plichta bet 60,000 this time, and Maslov again called. Plichta showed ace-ten for trips, and Maslov folded. Plichta moved up to 495,000, while Maslov slipped to 680,000.

Tags: Michael Meyburg