All Hail the Hero Call
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With a board of 
spread across the felt, Pieter van Gils sat motionless and fixed his opponent with a hard stare.
The other player had bet 14,000 into a pot of more than 10,000 and in doing so, had put van Gils to the test. The native of the Netherlands spent over three minutes studying both his opponent and the board, never moving as he calculated his odds and options.
Eventually, it was the opponent who had made the pressure play who began to crack, and he called the clock on van Gils to expedite his decision making process. With the floorman on hand and the counting underway, the Dutchman slowly slid enough chips for a call into the middle.
It was now the bettor's turn to stare straight ahead without moving, but this player was doing so because of his hand: 
. He had missed his straight draws and tried to pull a move, but the deliberate van Gils sniffed the bluff out and called him down. The busted bluffer stood to see what hand had bested him, and when he saw van Gils 
, good for just middle pair and a weak kicker, he was not pleased.
"I gave you way too much time on that, you know that right?" the player demanded of van Gils, who simply nodded his head in agreement while stacking the treasure claimed by his amazing call.