Mortensen Triumphs in Drawn Out Hand

A hand just played out on table 397 that only went as far as the flop and took a full 15 minutes.

Carlos Mortensen and Keanu Tabali were tangling in a pre flop raising war. When we reached the table Mortensen had just raised (four-bet) to 7,700 and saw Tabali pop it back to 14,000.

The Spaniard thought over his options, counted out the call from his remaining stack, and eventually decided to call.

The flop fell {5-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {10-Spades} and Mortensen quickly moved all-in for 31,550. Then ensued the mother of all tanks from Tabali. At one point he said. "If I win this, I have a great chance."

Gavin Smith heard this and said to Padraig Parkinson who was off wandering, "Did you hear that? He said if he wins this pot he has a great chance!"

"I could've told him that ten minutes ago!" came the reply.

Tabali took offense to this and was backed up by Terrance Chan. Smith said he wasn't needling, just repeating what he said. He took the point though, sat down, and was quiet.

Tabali took another two minutes before he open folded saying he had pocket jacks.

"Show the bluff, show the bluff," were the cries from all at the table. Mortensen smiled and allowed Tabali to pick one card - the {7-Hearts} .