Thinning the Field
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Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We picked up the action on the flop in a five-way limped pot. The dealer put 
out on the felt, and the whole table checked to Steve Nixon. He bet 1,200 into a pot of more than 3,000, and this time only three players called, including Gavin Griffin.
We were down to four players as the turn card came the 
, and everyone checked to Nixon again. He put out 2,000, and that folded Griffin and one other player, getting Nixon heads up to the river.
It was the 
, and the leading player knocked the table one last time. Nixon fired 6,000 as his final bet, and he finally shook the last player off his hand as his opponent eventually uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck.
Nixon is up to about 75,000 now.