Finger Finds a Fold
The player under the gun raised to 700 and after calls from both Martin Jacobson and Julius Colman, Martin Finger announced a three-bet. The initial raiser played back at him with a four-bet to 6,000 and with Jacobson and Colman out of the way, the decision was back on Finger.
With a total of only 10,400 in his stack Finger looked torn with the predicament. He tanked for several minutes before ultimately releasing his hand with a request for his opponent.
“Show me aces” Finger said to the player under the gun.
“No aces” came the reply.
“Show me anything” Finger pleaded.
After given permission to turn up one card Finger flipped over the and revealed that he’d laid down pocket jacks.
“Good fold” came some reassurance from the player under the gun.