Please Don't Puke
From middle position, David Paredes raised to 38,000. Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from the hijack seat and then Romik Vartzar called from the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down .
On the flop, Paredes kept up his aggression with a continuation bet of 81,000. Von Kriegenbergh though for a bit and then flat-called. Vartzar folded and was left with 287,000 in chips while the other two went to the turn.
Fourth street was the and completed a possible diamond draw. Paredes pressed harder on the gas and slid out a bet of 204,000. Von Kriegenbergh thought for a few minutes and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the . The board was now paired and Paredes sat with 939,000 chips behind. He took his time with his action before sliding 415,000 chips forward with two hands. Immediately, von Kriegenbergh asked for a count. He then went into the tank for several long minutes. He also asked Paredes how much he had behind, which was 524,000. Eventually, von Kriegenbergh gave it up, but not before asking to see Paredes' hand as the table had agreed to give one player a pass to see his opponent's cards. Paredes obliged and tabled the for a flush. He said that if von Kriegenbergh had shoved, he'd probably have puked all over the table.
Von Kriegenbergh was knocked back to 2.08 million while Paredes stormed to 1.7 million in chips.