01-17-2009 21:47 UTC+11

The Breaking of the Ice?

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Jai Kemp and Edison Nguyen finally gave the railbirds what they came to see -- a big pot. Liv Boeree got things going with a preflop raise to 11,000. Kemp reraised her from the button to 24,000 before Nguyen put the third raise in from the small blind. He made it 60,000 to go. Boeree folded, but Kemp made the call.

The flop came down {J-Clubs}

. Nguyen made a curious check to Kemp, who bit and bet 60,000. Nguyen then used his whole twenty seconds before check-raising to 160,000. Kemp thought it over, then surrendered one of his "time breaker" buttons to give himself an extra forty seconds. In the end, it didn't matter. He folded his hand.

Tags: Edison Nguyen Jai Kemp