Kessler Caught In The Middle
We caught the action on fifth street with Marco Traniello raising the bet of his opponent, who was showing . Traniello showed but Allen Kessler flat-called the raise with . The third player then reraised again with Traniello and Kessler flat-calling.
On sixth street the third player bet out with the and Traniello called with the as did Kessler with the .
On the river the third player bet out once again and Traniello squeezed his cards before announcing a raise. Kessler sighed and tossed his cards and the third player made the call.
Traniello showed () for the low as his opponent flipped (9-9-9) for a full house to collect the high.
After the hand Kessler was left with only about 4,500 in chips.