Hand #109: Raouf Malek Takes a Pot Worth 2.85 Million

Aug 29, 2012

Max Steinberg raises from the button to 425,000, Raouf Malek calls from the small blind, and Josh Hale calls from the big blind. All three players check to the turn on a board of [KhJs3cAh], it’s checked to Steinberg who bets 750,000, and Malek thinks for a full minute before check-raising to 2,000,000.

Hale quickly folds, and Steinberg tanks for more than six minutes in complete silence before he folds. Raouf Malek takes the pot.

Pot Size:  2,850,000

Seat 1.  Max Steinberg  –  7,920,000
Seat 3.  Raouf Malek  –  6,330,000
Seat 5.  Josh Hale  –  4,450,000

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