Mind Games

Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship 

On the turn with a board of 7 4 4 2, Kyle Bowker bet, the player in seat 9 raised, and Kyle let it go, flashing a 7.  In return, his opponent flashed a 2 as he collected the pot.

A couple of tables over, Mike Beasley was in the tank on a flop of K T 2 rainbow.  Seat 3 (who declined to give me his name) had checked, seat 4 bet 2,300, Mike called, then seat 3 check-raised to 8,500.  Seat 4 mucked, then Mike called.  The turn was a 3 and seat 3 moved all in. 

After about a minute of think-time, Mike asked for the count, which was 27,500.  After a couple more minutes in the tank, Mike called, showing KJ.  His opponent rolled over KQ for a better kicker.  River was an irrelevant 4 and Mike was visibly frustrated as the pot was pushed across the table to seat 3.

32 tables remain.  288 players remain.  Average stack is almost 75k.