Stammen Stands His Ground
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Tom Marchese was one of the late returners from dinner, arriving midway through this hand when he would have been in the small blind.
As such, Thomas Bichon raised to 35,000 from the button, and lone blind Keven Stammen called to see a flop.
It came 
, and Stammen check-called a bet of 45,000. The turn was a blank 
, and Bichon fired again, 110,000 this time. Things changed now, though, as Stammen check-raised all in for 456,000 total. Cue a long spell in the tank for Bichon.
After several minutes of agonizing with the decision, he asked, "You have something like ace-ten of spades?"
"Nope," Stammen said with a half-smirk.
"Will you show if I pass?"
"Sure," still smirking. "I've been showing everything today."
Eventually, Bichon did pass, and Stammen opened up his 
, good enough to take down that big pot. He's up to 735,000 now, back above average.