Say Goodbye to Hollywood

A player in middle position opened for 32,000 and Roland Israelashvili flatted from the hijack, with the blinds coming along to build a pot in excess of 130,000 before the flop.

After seeing the hit the board both blinds checked to the preflop raiser, who went deep into the tank to ponder his next move. The man sighed visibly and stared across the table, studying the players in the blinds and eyeing up the pot, before rechecking his hole cards.

Eventually though, despite the histrionics, the player tapped the table for a check, with Israelashvili quickly tossing out a bet of 100,000. Both blinds couldn't wait to fold after the two-minute wait on the flop, and the action returned the tanker.

He again went into deep thought, looking over at Israelashvili in the next seat to his left, before slowly counting out his own stack to see he had 135,000 behind. Finally, after another minute of contemplation, the man decided to release his hand and fight another day.

"I call if you shove..." said Israelashvili quietly, filling the man in on what everyone else at the table already knew.