Tortured by Scotty
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On the
board, Bellande bet 4,800, only for Scotty Nguyen to two-bet to 10,000. Bellande hesitantly called.Bellande then checked the
river, triggering a bet of 10,000 from Nguyen. Bellande was visibly tortured by the decision that lay ahead, and started mumbling incessantly under his breath. He then turned his attention to Nguyen."That three of clubs has gotta be a bad card for you after your raise on the turn," he probed. "I've played one hand the entire tournament, just one hand."
Nguyen remained frozen to the spot, as if his soul had been sucked from his body.
"I really don't want to fold and for you to say, 'I bluffed you, baby.'"
After much dwellements, Bellande did indeed fold. "What you got?" asked Nguyen as his opponent mucked. "I can't say 'I bluffed you, baby,' if I haven't seen your hand."
Nguyen shows the
to add further mystery, whilst a frustrated Bellande returned to his now depleted stack of 18,000.
) with a pair'n'up'n'down draw 
vs. 
. The 
on the turn made him a straight though and the 
river preserved it as his alone. Double through to 4,150 total.
on the turn, and then I led for 5,100 on the 
river. I think I'm always betting this, and I checked the turn so it look like I had 
flop to "see how he reacted to the turn", but folded when Gould pushed all in on the 
flop, Kaplan check-called a bet of 6,000, but couldn't withstand the heat on the 
flop. I caught this hand as those 1ks were being swept into the pot by the dealer. The 
turn card saw no bet from any of the players, but the 
river brought a 3k bet from Fischman. Chinni made the call, but mucked when Fischman showed 