Eastgate Pries for Information

We walked up to Table 8 as the full board was out on the table, reading {10-Spades}

. There was about 32,000 already stacked in the middle of the table, and Corneliu Cretu put out a bet of 15,500.

That sent Eastgate deep into the tank for more than five minutes. He sat studying Cretu intently as he played with his chip stack. He cut the call out as if he were going to call, then shot another glance at his opponent, gauging the reaction. Then he separated his hole cards and put his fingers on them as if about to muck and stared once again at Cretu.

"Will you show if I fold," he asked with a smile. There was no response, not even a flinch from his opponent.

Finally, Eastgate released his hand into the muck, and Cretu flashed the {5-Clubs}