Early Aggression

[user4144]

One of the tables has been placed right in the corner of the balcony, and for a moment I assumed it was a ￡1/2 cash game it was so out of the way. Then, I noticed two pairs of familiar hats in the headgear of Nicolas Levi and Hoyt Corkins, the latter dusting off the stetson having made it to the business end.

On one of the first hands at this table, Barny Boatman raised it up preflop and Andrew Pantling called in the big blind. The flop rolled out {Q-} {9-} {6-} , and Pantling check-raised Boatman's continuation bet (20 or 25,000, I believe) to 68,000. Boatman made the call.

The turn was the {A-} , and after a brief pause, Pantling reached for chips and slid 103,000 across the felt. Boatman folded and Pantling showed {K-} {J-} for a cheeky bluff, although Boatman later added that his opponent turned a flush draw.