Championship: James Calderaro Check-Reraises a Three-Way Flop

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 843

James Calderaro and Femi Fashakin and Jason Young and Fred Goldberg
From left to right: James Calderaro, Femi Fashakin, Jason Young, and Fred Goldberg

Femi Fashakin raised under the gun, Fred Goldberg called from middle position, and James Calderaro called from the big blind.

The flop came As9h3d, Calderaro checked, and Fashakin bet 33,000. Goldberg raised to 80,000, and Calderaro check-reraised to 220,000.

Fashakin used multiple Time Chips to tank for a long time before he folded, and then Goldberg folded AcKs face up. Somebody asked Calderaro to show his cards, but he mucked them as he took the pot.

James Calderaro  –  940,000  (78 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  740,000  (62 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  430,000  (36 bb)

When people asked what he had, Calderaro pointed to Fashakin and said, “I wish he was the one who had ace-king.

With 55 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 613,000 (51 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, shortly after 12:30 am.