Welch Likes the River
Action folded to Anh Van Nguyen on the button and he threw in a min-raise to 8,000. Ryan Welch called from the small blind as the big blind got out of the way. Both players checked the 
flop as well as the 
turn. When the 
appeared on the river, Welch led out for the minimum bet of 4,000. Nguyen called but mucked when he saw that Welch had made a pair on the river with 
.
Nguyen took a very small hit to his giant stack while Welch increased his to 285,000.