James Bord, who raised to $1,300 from the button with the
. Both blinds folded and Destrade, who had a tight image, three-bet to $6,000 holding the
.
, which contained the case three as the had been folded preflop. Destrade checked but called a bet of $10,000 from Bord, who had bottom set. Destrade checked for the second time on the turn and Bord bet $15,000.
That was enough to claim the $47,700 pot as Destrade gave it up.
âThis is Going to Be a Bad Callâ
Trevor Pope vs. Bryan Ercolano
Pope was first to act and raised to $600 with his
. Ercolano called next to act with the
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High Stakes Poker. Some called it the greatest fold in the history of the show.
At their essence, many folds are exercises in great discipline and hand reading skills. This one, however, was a bit different. This one came down to one thing: table talk. And it wasn t the experienced live pro talking his way into the correct play. Instead, the tables turned as the online legend used table talk to outwit the man ostensibly far more comfortable live.
Here, we ll take a look at how that happened and what lessons can perhaps be learned.
The Hand
The whole thing is just really great theater, so rather than describe the hand in full detail, I ll just leave this video, which comes courtesy of the PokerGO YouTube channel.