Riess Gets Respect
Ryan Riess was heads up and looking at the flop of 
. His opponent bet 1,200 and Riess made it 4,000 to go. His opponent thought about it for a moment. He stacked his chips up, as if preparing to go all in, then stopped and eventually folded.
"Best hand," Riess said, showing 
, "You didn't fold an ace."
"I did," his opponent responded.
"I'm not sure I believe you," said Riess.
On the next hand the two players were heads up again, this time it was all in preflop and Riess had his opponent covered. Riess had 
and his opponent had 
. The board ran out 
, giving Riess a full house and eliminating his opponent.
As Riess was stacking his chips, he was so convinced that his opponent hadn't folded an ace the hand before that he said, "I would bet a million dollars he didn't have an ace."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
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