"I Can Raise, Right?"
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When we reached Table 401, the board had already been completed 
. Frederic Banjout checked, and Sam Trickett fired 340,000. Banjout thought for a moment, then asked the dealer, "I can raise, right?"
The dealer told him, "Yes."
Banjout reached for lavender T100,000 chips with one hand, and orange T5,000 chips with another, and check-raised to 940,000. Trickett was visibly upset.
"Wow," he blurted. "Can I speak?"
The dealer said that he was allowed to speak, but that Banjout wasn't. WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel was called over to confirm the heads-up talking rules, and after he left, Trickett asked Banjout, "Do you have 
exactly? Do you speak english?"
Banjout simply took a swig from his Pepsi and smiled.
"You checked so quickly on the river," Trickett muttered. "This is a pretty big pot for this stage of the tournament."
Trickett eventually made the call, and Banjout tabled 
for a straight. Trickett tabled 
for the same straight, and the 2 million-chip pot was chopped.
"You were calling the whole time!" Andrew Robl jabbed.
"Yeah," Trickett admitted, chuckling. "I'm just setting you up for when you try and get me off of a straight."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
2,965,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |