Hands #62-65: Minimizing the Damage
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #62: Jared Jaffee opened to 125,000 and Mike Watson laid down.
Hand #63: Watson opened to 100,000 and Jaffee flatted, with the flop falling . Two checks later and the turn came , followed by a 130,000 feeler bet from Jaffee. Watson elected to see the river and called to take the , but he folded in the face of Jaffee's 240,000 bet.
Hand #64: Jaffee opened to 125,000 and scared Watson off.
Hand #65: Watson opened to 100,000, Jaffee flatted, and the flop came . Both players tapped the table, as they did on the turn and the river. Watson rolled over for king-queen high, which had Jaffee's beat.