Engel Steps Afoul
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We can't be sure of the preflop action, but we can make some educated guesses. Ari Engel was on the button with 10,900 chips out in front of his seat when we walked up, and the big blind was all in for 26,075. We'll infer from the chips that Engel was the preflop raiser and four-bettor, and the big blind had five-bet shoved. Make sense? Engel was deep in the tank as we approached, and he apologized to the table for taking so long.
After several minutes, "BodogAri" announced the call, turning up his meager 
. It was the right call unless he was dominated, but alas, he was. The big blind turned up 
, then rubbed it in with an amateur-ish, "What?! Did you think I was bluffing?!"
the board ran out 
, and Engel has granted his opponent a big double up, knocking his stack down to 53,000 in the process.
The big blind continued to talk, "I figured you had to have at least queens when you were thinking that long. You know, I was just ready to go all in and double up or not have to come back tomorrow."
"I understand," Engel said as he cut out his debt. "You played it well, nice hand."