So Six
A full board of was out on the felt when we got there; Dominique Franchi was betting out 25,000 from the big blind position. On the button, last year's runner up Russell Carson asked him, "What six do you have?"
"No I don't have six," replied Franchi.
"Something better than a six?" queried Carson.
"I do not understand," Franchi told him. "Not very good English. But not six," he continued. "Perhaps ace. Perhaps queen-king. Pocket fives. Nothing."
Carson folded. "Choose," Franchi ordered him, offering Carson his hole cards. Carson turned over the .
"I still lost," sighed Carson.
"You still lost," agreed Franchi. But not a six."
"Full house, sevens over sixes," opined tablemate Fatima Moreira de Melo.
Carson is down to 235,000, Franchi up to 210,000.