Straightened Out
With around 1,500 already in the pot, Jonathan Karamalikis and Terrence Chan saw a flop of where Chan led out for a few hundred. Karamalikis raised to 1,500 and Chan called.
On the turn, Chan bet again, this time to the tune of 3,000, and Karamalikis made the call.
The river came the and Chan pushed 8,200 into the middle. Karamalikis, tortured by the decision, rolled his neck and pulled a face that suggested someone had just asked him a complex maths question. Eventually, he arrived at a number and made the call, showing .
On this occasion, however, his calculations were off as Chan showed for the higher straight. As a result, Chan now has 40,000 whilst Karamalikis is down to 20,000.