Why Johnny Can Read
Three players had reached the turn with the board showing . Johnny Chan led for 14,000, then an opponent raised to 30,000. The third player folded, and Chan tanked for a short while. Perhaps it was those decades of experience -- or maybe just the last couple of hours' worth with this opponent -- but something told Chan he wasn't good, and so he folded.
Chan showed one of his cards -- the -- as he let his hand go. That perhaps prompted his opponent to share what he'd had: for the straight. Chan's instinct was correct.
Chan preserves his stack of 610,000.