Leonidas Thinks Better of a Call
Toto Leonidas is sitting behind an average-sized stack but might wish he had his last hand back. He opened from the cutoff for 1,000 and was called by the button and the big blind. On a flop of , action checked all the way to the button. His bet of 1,300 folded the big blind but was raised by Leonidas to 2,700. The button called.
Leonidas fired another bullet on the turn by betting 3,300. His opponent raised to 7,000. This time it was Leonidas' turn to call. He checked the river and was greeted with a bet of 8,500. Leonidas counted out the 8,500 needed to make the call and stared at his opponent for a few moments. Then he finally decided to muck his hand. His opponent responded by showing ace-high, .