Playing Cautious, Playing Sirous
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Many of the tables still have empty seats. For example, Sirous Jamshidi's table is currently playing five-handed. A hand there just developed in which the player under the gun limped, then Jamshidi raised to 250 from the button. The big blind came along as well.
The flop came 
, and all three checked. The turn was the 
, pairing the board. It checked to Jamshidi who bet 400. The player in the big blind called, then the UTG player min-raised to 800. Both Jamshidi and the big blind called the raise.
The river brought the 
and three more cautious checks. Jamshidi showed 
for eights and tens, and the big blind mucked. "I can beat that," said the UTG player, turning over 
to claim the small pot.