Blitzberg
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Moments after busting one player by virtue of a runner-runner catch to make a straight, Paul Spitzberg used a real hand to dispatch yet another opponent.
Spitzberg looked down to find in the hole and he opened to 14,000 in middle position. The action folded around the the big blind, who three-bet to 40,000, only to see Spitzberg move all in for 175,000 effective.
"I have you covered and I got you beat," Spitzberg told the man he had just put all in. "Fold."
This bit of misdirection worked to perfection and his opponent made the call with , finding himself crushed by Spitzberg's cowboys.
The final board ran out , and with that a table captain had suddenly emerged.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Spitzberg |
375,000
185,000
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185,000 |