Another Little One to Laak
Andrew Pantling opened to 24,000 from the button, and Phil Laak called to see a flop. It brought , and Laak check-called a 31,000-chip bet. Pantling checked behind Laak when the landed on fourth street, and the blank hit fifth street. Now it was Laak's turn to bet, and he pushed out 45,000 chips. Pantling called, and he could kiss those chips goodbye.
Laak tabled the winning , and he's trying to chip his way to even here. He's not quite there yet, and Pantling has a heads-up championship on his résumé already, but this one sure does have the trappings of a pretty fair fight.