Sarwer Worse Off
Level 7
: 300/600, 50 ante
An early dent after the dinner break's end to the former chip leader Jeff Sarwer's stack. The trio of culprits: big slick, two pair and an unhelpful river. A pot was already growing when 8,000 was bet (by Sarwer, it looked like) on the turn of a board. The button, Guillaume Darcourt, was his only opponent, reaching the river: .
Now Sarwer checked, and Darcourt bet 13,500. Sarwer called swiftly, saying, "I hope I didn't get rivered..."
But Darcourt showed for rivered trips which had indeed just beaten Sarwer's . He counted off the chips, apparently not the first time he'd lost to Darcourt.
"Of course," he sighed, "Every time against you. You can't win tournaments like that. It looked like I got rivered because I did."