Saturday, May 30, 2015 1:38 AM Local Time
Patrick Troung's Fourth Pair is Good
Patrick Truong bet 3,500 with the board showing and his opponent raises to 10,500. Truong calls and the dealer puts out the on the river. Truong checks and his opponent grabs a big stack of pink chips and puts them into the middle of the table emphatically. He proceeds to break down the stack to let Truong know exactly how much the bet is. It's 11,500 total.
Truong takes his shirt and pulls it over his chin, covers his mouth, while his opponent leans forward and engages Truong in some conversation. Truong's opponent stands up, rests his knee on the chair while his leg shakes visibly. He leans forward and rests his elbows on the table, looking intently at Truong the entire time. Truong's eyes are on the middle of the table as it appears he is playing the hand through in his head. He grabs two green chips and reluctantly slides them forward to indicate a call.
Truong's opponent looks at him, shakes his head, and slides his cards to the dealer, mucking his hand and giving the pot to Truong who shows for flopped second pair that turned a flush draw but ended up being just fourth pair - which was good enough.
"Wow," says a player at the table, visibly impressed by the call.
"Nice hand," says Truong's opponent, a stunned look on his face. Truong ends the hand with 65,000 in chips.