[user75032]
We watched three different handsat three different tables along the rail, all with roughly the same result. At one table, Young Phan raised preflop to 3,000 and was called by small blind and Manila legend Wally Sombero. Sombero tried a half-pot bet on a flop of but Phan was undeterred and called. Sombero check-folded to a bet of 8,000 from Phan on the turn.
One table away, Tom Hall was the preflop raiser to 3,000. He was called in two spots, including by an early position limper. That limper bet out half-pot on a flop of and took down the pot, with Hall showing a reluctance to get involved.
Finally, in the center of the room it was David Chiu who raised to 2,800. He was called by both blinds, including big blind Eric Assadourian. Those players checked to Chiu on an all-Broadway flop of . Chiu's bet of 7,500 quickly folded the small blind. Assadourian studied his opponent a few moments.
"You're very nervous," said Assadourian. Then he smiled and pitched in his cards. Chiu responded by visibly over-shaking his hands and arms.