Tension and Release
Brandon Steven limped (whaaaat??) into the pot under the gun, and both blinds came along with him to a cheap flop -- Matthew Jarvis in the small and Jason Senti from the big.
The three players took a flop of , and Jarvis checked. Senti took the betting lead with a wager of 685,000, enough to quickly fold Steven out of the way. Jarvis called, however, and they went heads-up to the turn.
Jarvis took the lead now, firing out a bet of 850,000. Senti tanked and called, and Jarvis bet 1.175 million on the river. After a couple minutes, Senti raised to 3.165 million, and Jarvis called immediately.
It wasn't as exciting as it sounds. Jarvis tabled for the straight, and Senti's was the same hand. They chop it up, and it's on to the next shuffle.