Roger Lamia is a very experienced player – and give Roger 5 times the chip average and he’s a dangerous player in a good spot.
Luckily we have an accurate report of how he got all of those chips.
Isham Yamani had been playing on the table for some time and had busted a few players, building up a stack of over 140K. Roger arrived from a broken table with 105K and in one of his first hands on the table, he raised to 2,200 and found a call from Isham and a third player, who started the hand with a 28K stack.
The flop brought fireworks: 
Everyone hit a big piece of the flop: Roger was playing 
, Isham held 
, and the third player held 
!
Roger led out with a bet of 7,000 chips, and Isham smooth called. Then the third player shoved his remaining 26K. Roger called, and action turned to Isham – holding the nut straight – who shoved over the the top for about 145K. Roger called and the fates were sealed.
The turn was the 
– which gave the third player a flush draw in addition to his two pairs, but was generally a decent card for Isham. The river would not be so friendly: it was the 
– Roger had made Quad 7s!
Roger is now up over 220K while Isham was reduced to just a tournament-average stack and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
