Seeing Clearly
Jason Tam had the button, and when he was taking a little longer than usual to examine his hole cards, Al Barbieri tossed his reading glasses to him across the table to help out.
A smiling Tam made as if to put them on, then went ahead and checked his cards without them. He liked what he saw, and put in the raise. Tomas Alenius then three-bet from the small blind. That caused Barbieri to put on his glasses and take a closer look at his hand. He decided to call the three bets from the big blind, and Tam called as well.
No one seemed to have any trouble seeing the
flop. Alenius bet, and neither Barbieri nor Tam took very long before letting their hands go.Each of the three can also see that the chip stacks of his two opponents are close to even with his own.