Assadourian's Correct Play Nets Pot for Schreiber
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Assadourian was the initial preflop raiser, making it 2,200 to go. Mikal Blomlie was on the button. He shipped his whole stack of 8,225 into the middle. Then small blind Dan Schreiber called, and Assadourian's spidey sense started tingling. He opted to lay down pocket nines, allowing Blomlie and Schreiber to open pocket eights and pocket kings, respectively.
But Assadourian's good laydown was punished by a flop of
, a flop that would have given him middle set and the best hand. Blomlie, meanwhile, was looking for runners or a third eight. The 
on the turn killed his runner possibilities; the 
on the river ended his tournament run.Schreiber now has about 61,000.