Mitchell and Pandya Buck the Trend
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From middle position, Ketan Pandya raised to 15,000 to open the pot, and Nick Mitchell three-bet him to 38,000. We've seen this before, and the initial raiser has been folding a lot of late. Pandya had other ideas this time, however, four-betting to 82,000 total. When it came back to Mitchell, he took a bit of a pause to consider before announcing an all in for 272,000 total. Pandya would take a very long while to make his decision, his table giving him time to consider a big decision. Pandya had about 360,000 left behind his four-bet, so the remaining five-bet was for more than half his remaining chips.
"Ace-king?" he finally asked after at least seven or eight minutes. He continued to gaze back and forth between his own chips and the massive pot heaped in the middle of the table. Finally, and very quietly, he said, "Fold," and the dealer uncapped his cards and pulled them into the muck.
Pandya - 360,000
Mitchell - 368,000