Hands #5-9: Shawn Daniels Calls the Bluff of David Ha
Mar 19, 2025
Photo: Shawn Daniels (left) and WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage
HAND #5 – Eric Afriat raises from the (dead) button to 250,000, taking the blinds and ante.
HAND #6 – David Ha completes the small blind to 100,000, Shawn Daniels raises from the big blind to 250,000, and Ha quickly calls. The flop comes 
, Ha checks, Daniels bets 125,000, and Ha check-raises to 400,000. Daniels calls.
The turn card is the 
, Ha checks, Daniels bets 250,000, and Ha calls.
The river card is the 
, Ha bets 400,000, and Daniels uses two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he calls. Ha shows 
for ten high, and Daniels turns over 
to win the pot with a pair of queens.
Shawn Daniels – 3,675,000 (37 bb)
David Ha – 2,575,000 (26 bb)
HAND #7 – Harvey Castro raises from the cutoff to 225,000, taking the blinds and ante.
HAND #8 – Harvey Castro raises from the hijack to 225,000, taking the blinds and ante.
HAND #9 – Everyone folds to Harvey Castro, giving him a walk in the big blind.
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