Paraschin Claims To Fold Ace-King; Table In Dismay
Erik Cajelais opened to 25,000 from the hijack seat and two to his left was Ran Azor, who made the call. To Azor's left is the relatively short-stacked Joseph El Khoury who moved all-in for 241,000 in total, sending Victor Parashiv into the tank.
Parashiv checked his cards, re-checked them then smiled to himself. He squirmed in his seat, exhaled loudly, counted his chips and then placed a yellow 1,000 chip on the top of his card. Everything looked like he was shaping to move all-in himself but he ultimately folded. Both other active players folded too.
"You have tens?" asked Erik Cajelais.
"Ace-king," came the reply.
The entire table's jaws dropped and they entered a brief, rather one-sided discussion about how ace-king there is a snap-call.
"I just did not want to flip for 70% of my stack," Paraschiv said as he tried to justify his tight fold.