In a limped pot, the board read after everyone checked the flop, and Mark Kehrees bet 4,000. Big blind Scott Mauer made it 14,000, and Donald McArthur cold-called, while Kehrees dumped his hand. The river brought the , and Mauer bet 26,000.
"I'm all in," McArthur said after about 45 seconds.
Mauer called fairly quickly, and Kehrees turned over for tens full. Mauer showed he'd taken a bad beat as he held for a turned straight.
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James McCauley bet 10,000 from the big blind on a flop, and Scott Mauer called on the button, while Donald McArthur folded. McCauley pushed his last 20,000 in on the turn, and Mauer called, showing for a pair and flush draw. He trailed McCauley's though, and it was McCauley improving on the river.
Donald McArthur completed the blind, and James McCauley made it 23,000. McArthur called, and the two saw flop. McArthur check-called 15,000, and both checked the . McArthur bet 26,000 on the river, and McCauley shook his head and flicked the dealer his cards.
Scott Mauer opened for 6,000, and Nancy Regan put in her last 10,000. James McCauley called in the big blind, as did Mauer. The two players checked down the run out, and Regan showed . Both McCauley's and Mauer's had that beat, with the pot going to Mauer.