Selbst Gets Some Back

When we got to the table Selbst was facing a suspicious looking bet of just 1,200 from Georgios Zisimopoulos into a pot of over 25,000. The board read and Selbst was considering her options.

She slowly reached and moved one of her stacks into the middle. Zisimopoulos asked for a count. The raise was 19,700, leaving Selbst with roughly the same amount behind.

The Greek went deep into the tank, shuffling each colour of chips in turn. There was no obvious attempts to extract information from Selbst; no eye contact, no deep invasive questions, just Zisimopoulos looking between Selbst's bet and the board.

"Jack-Nine of diamonds?" he finally asked, a hand that would have given Selbst a flush draw on the flop, but would have rivered a straight.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, he called. Selbst tabled for two-pair and it was good.