Arnold Yaxley has just taken down a big pot in a hand that seems quite representative of the play so far – mostly because the pot was inflated quite a bit preflop but given effective stacks, people were still playing pretty tight and trappy.
The action opened with 2 limps in early to middle position, and then Eric Ranger in seat 3 raised to 3K (3x the bb at the time). Arnold called, blinds folded, and then both limpers (Gary Lucci and Manny Bloom) called – so the pot was already 13,500 preflop.
The flop came 
and the early position players who had limped both folded. Eric led with a bet to 5K and Arnold flatted. Both limpers folded and the pot was up to 26,500 – and the turn was dealt: 
. By this time, Eric had less than 10K left in his stack, so he had no option but to go all-in, and Arnold instantly called.
Eric: 
Arnold: 
Set-over-set! The 
on the river changed nothing and Arnold stacked the chips.
