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At table 22 a sizable pot unfolded when Frank Galea popped it up in early position to 1,600. Both Nick Velcic and Charles Lam called and all three saw a flop of prompting a series of checks.
The turn card was the , and Galea once again checked. Velcic checked as well, and Lam tossed out four red chips, betting 4,000. Galea made the call, and Velcic folded.
The river brough the and Galea chose to check, leading Lam to bet 8,000, a bet slightly smaller than the size of the pot. After thinking it through, Galea decided to make the call and flipped over for second pair. Lam, on the other hand could only produce ace-high with his and the 30,000 pot was pushed to Galea, who now sits on about 50,000.