Table 39 Tidbits
Under the gun, Jeff Sarwer opened the pot to 1,025. He found calling action from a player in middle position, as well as Luca Pagano in the big blind. The flop came out , and Pagano checked. Sarwer continued out with a bet of 2,550, and that was good enough to put him heads up with Pagano as he was the only caller. Fourth street brought the , and Pagano took pause. He decided to take the betting lead with 4,400 chips, and Sarwer tanked for ages before folding.
A few hands later, Sarwer raised from the cutoff, and Catherine Hong called on the button. The two saw a flop of , and Sarwer fired 1,625. Hong quickly called, and they both checked the turn . On the river, the drew another check from Sarwer, and Hong decided a bet of 2,200 was in order. Sarwer shrugged and called and gestured to see his opponent's hand. Hong showed up . "Oh, you have a seven?" Sawer half-asked. He nodded, double-checked his hole cards, and slipped them into the muck.
Sarwer was sitting with about 68,000 when we decided it was time to stare at another table for a while.