Tabatabai Gives Gavatin a Spin

Mats Gavatin sparked a fourway flop, raising to 525. He bet 1,450 on the
flop and only John Tabatabai in the big blind came along for the
turn. Tabatabai checked the
, and Gavatin bet 3,125. Tabatabai studied his opponent and the board, eventually calling. The river was the
. One final check and one final bet - 7,500. Tabatabai did some more searching staring, silently contemplating before once again calling. Gavatin showed
for the flopped set, and took the pot.
Tabatabai was the runner-up in this event its inaugural year to Annette Obrestad, and there's only one way he can improve on his performance.