The Ten-Minute Hand

Michel Abecassis opened to 10,000 and Michael Mizrachi, fresh off of winning three hands in a row, decided to three-bet to 37,500. Abecassis called and the flop came {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} .

Abecassis checked and Mizrachi announced a bet of the pot. Mizrachi moved 82,500 into the middle but saw that this bet had his opponent covered. Mizrachi then pulled it back and put in 64,500, or the exact amount of Abecassis' stack.

Two minutes passed.

"This might be the stupidest call," Abecassis said.

"That's OK," replied Mizrachi. "I've done a lot of stupid things in my life."

"Like what?" asked Abecassis.

"I started playing poker," said Mizrachi in reply. "You know what the stupidest thing I've ever done in poker is? The flop came ace of clubs, jack of clubs, ten of diamonds, and I bet 82.5k."

The table let out a laugh at this statement. Another minute or so passed.

"I'll lay you 2 to 1 he folds," Mizrachi said to the table.

"Well, I might fold," said Abecassis. This was met with more laughter.

More time passed.

"Alright," said Mizrachi. "Do you want the rewind?" Mizrachi then proceeded to list off every action in the hand to a tee, from the preflop raise and three-bet to his pot sized bet on the flop which he then retracted to move in the exact amount of Abecassis' stack.

Another moment passed before Abecassis finally let go of his cards, awarding Mizrachi his fourth pot in a row.