Show if I fold?
Philip Sternheimer opened the action from early position and got one caller in Steve O’Dwyer. The two of them saw a flop of 
. Sternheimer continued for 14,000 and O’Dwyer called. The turn was the 
, this time Sternheimer checked and it was O’Dwyer who did the betting to the tune of 30,000. A call from Sternheimer and we saw a river card 
. Sternheimer changed tack and led out for 33,300 and perhaps regretted it when O’Dwyer raised him to 82,000.
Sternheimer asked O’Dwyer how much he had behind and discovered it wasn’t a whole lot more. For his part Sternheimer had 120,000 behind so it was a critical decision. Both players had taken a strange line in the hand and it was left to Sternheimer to the one who faced the final confusing decision. He took several minutes to decide. “Will you show if I fold?” he asked at one point, but O’Dwyer sat still as a rock, hand over his mouth.
Sternheimer folded and after the chips were pushed to him O’Dwyer quietly slid his cards, face down, to the dealer. No show.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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280,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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120,000
-110,000
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-110,000 |
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