Clickity-click
A long and drawn out preflop hand played out between Thomas Larsen and Vanessa Selbst. There was no showdown but it was fascinating watching (imagining) the cogs turn in both players' heads as they clicked the action back and forth.
Larsen opened the pot with a raise to 5,200 from mid position before the Team PokerStars Pro three-bet to 12,400 from hijack. There was a bit of confusion when Larsen wanted to min four-bet but that was cleared up and he made it the required 19,600 to go.
All the while Selbst was studying the Swede's movements before she decided to five-bet to 52,400. Larsen took his time now, counted how much he had left, and then moved all-in for 189,800.
There was no immediate called from Selbst. Instead she said, "That backfired!" She continued with, "Why didn't I just shove? That would've made more sense."
She procrastinated for a while longer before folding and tapping the table saying, "Well done" to Larsen. She then admitted that she had a suited ace.
Selbst dropped a lot of chips there but is still cruising on 350,000, whereas Larsen rose to 225,000.