Family Pot Goes to Bharat
After Kevin Saul did something a bit out of the ordinary — he limped in from under the gun — lots of other unusual things happened. Bobby Corcione and Ethan Foulks (both in middle position) limped, too, as did Lall Bharat from the cutoff. Then Paul Snead, playing from the button, checked his cards, and he limped, too, by which point the whole table was starting to chuckle at the turn of events.
Ben Reason looked at his cards in the small blind and decided to step aside, then the action was on Pete Campo in the big blind. "I'm too afraid to try anything," he cracked, and tapped the felt to check.
Thus did six players still have cards when the flop came 
. It checked around to Bharat who bet 75,000, and of the others Campo and Saul called. The turn then brought the 
and a bet of 210,000 from Campo, and only Bharat stayed in the hand.
The river was the 
. This time Campo checked, and Bharat promptly pushed out a bet of 325,000. Campo sat muttering a little, appearing somewhat exasperated at the spot he was in, then finally he tossed his cards.
It started out slowly, but not counting Bharat's last bet he'd claimed a nearly 1 million-chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,630,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
785,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |