No Limit Hold'em Fun at Table 477

No Limit Hold'em

A few consecutive pots went to showdown at Table 477 while an interesting discussion occurred. Adam Friedman raised preflop to 400 from the cutoff while four-handed, with the player in the big blind defending. The two players checked through the board and Friedman took down the pot with , good for a jack-high flush.

Two hands later, Friedman defended his small blind to a button min-raise preflop and the two went heads up to the flop. Friedman check-called a continuation-bet of 300 on a board as well as a second barrel of 1,600 on the turn. The river was the and both players checked.

"Eight high," Friedman exclaimed much to the delight of his opponent who turned over and took down the pot with nothing more than a ten.

Meanwhile, Julien Martini had sat down during this set of hands after having just registered the tournament. Some discussion occurred asking where he was from and when it came out that he was French, a tablemate asked him if he could do an American accent. With a smile on his face, he drawled out, "I want to eat potatoes," and everybody rejoiced in some laughter.

This led to the discussion of his word choice for potatoes rather than French fries, and ultimately to the fact that French fries are Belgian. However, Martini took it upon himself at this point to educate his audience further. It turns out that the reason they are called French fries has nothing to do with their origin, but rather the style of cut made on the potato. Interesting, but most players prefer chips.