Rinaldi and Engel Get Into a Raising War on the River
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The action folded around to Steven Rinaldi on the button who raised to 3,600. Ari Engel defended his big blind and the flop came 
. Engel checked to Rinaldi who continued for 3,000 and Engel called.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Engel checked again and Rinaldi fired out a bet of 7,000. Engel put in a small check-raise to 18,500, only to have Rinaldi re-raise to 42,000.
Engel looked back at his cards and went into the tank for a couple of minutes. Playing with his chips while he thought over a tough decision, Engel eventually rolled his chips into the pot. Rinaldi inevitably tabled 
for a straight and Engel's cards went to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,500 | |
|
67,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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