Bort Gives It Up
A player in middle position raised to 1,650 and Ted Bort called. Prahlad Friedman also made the call from the cut-off.
The flop rolled out , and Bort called a c-bet of 6,900.
On the turn, the preflop raiser bet again, this time 24,000. "Why so much?" asked Bort. "It's like you don't want a call."
After some back and forth banter, both players agreed to show their hands if Borts folds, which he eventually does. In hindsight, it was the right decision, his indeed behind against .
Bort slips to 115,700.