Engel Splashing Around
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Ari Engel has to be one of the most active players in the field right now, and we're therefore spending a good deal of time lurking near his table -- that pesky 5-minute-per-table rule doesn't go in effect until the summer, apparently.
In any event, we watched Engel open the last pot to 4,600 from early position, and Zhen Cai three-bet to 12,600. Engel made the call, and it was heads up to the flop. The dealer spread out 
, and both men checked through to the 
turn. Engel took his cue to bet 13,500 at the pot, and Cai didn't waste much time with the call.
That brought them to the 
river, and Engel loaded up again. He fired 25,700 at the pot, and that drew a long stare from his opponent. Cai cut out the call from his stack of about 170,000, and he shuffled it in his right hand as he eyed up the potential damage to his stack. After another minute or three, he uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck, moving Engel up to about 210,000.
On the next hand, Engel raised under the gun with 
, and the short-stacked big blind went broke with 
. A lecture from table mate TJ Cloutier followed, and Engel simply listened and nodded along. "Well thank you. It's not every day you get to sit with one of the game's greats," he said finally.
Put him down for 222,000 now, among the chip leaders.