Joseph Rahman raised preflop and received three callers. All four players then checked the flop before the dealer burned and turned the .
Rahman led out for 9,000, another player raised to 20,000, and a third player moved all in for 116,000. The fourth player got out of the way and Rahman, who had a stack of 117,000, paused for a few beats before making the call. The player in between got out of the way.
Rahman:
Opponent:
Rahman had flopped trips and all he needed to do was dodge an ace on the river to win a nearly 300K pot.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the , a safe card as far as Rahman was concerned.
Joseph Rahman - 295,000