Hall Can't Call
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The player on the button raised to 2,800 and Patrick Zellweger folded his small blind. British player Tom Hall squeezed from the big blind to 8,500 and the initial raiser made the call.
Hall fired 7,800 on 
and his opponent made the call. The 
hit the turn and Hall peeked at his cards, presumably to see if he had any clubs. Both players eventually checked.
The 
completed the board, making for four clubs on the table. Hall checked with 29,500 behind and his opponent moved all in after just 40 seconds of thinking.
Tom Hall went deep into the tank, so deep we could write the entire Brian Rast hand (see post underneath) before he had made his decision. After about 5 minutes thinking about it, he reluctantly slid his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,500 | -20,500 |
to work with and Rast was first to act. He checked and his neighbor made a bet. The third player called and Rast now check raised to 26,500. The first player called, the third player shoved all in for 59,100. Rast tanked for a fair bit before calling, his neighbor called as well to grow the pot to over 180,000.
and Rast shoved all in for his last 20,600. His neighbor, under the gun plus one, made the call and it was time for all three of them to open their cards.
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complete the board on the river. Bardah bet 8,000, and Rong made the call.
, and Rong mucked.
, and Bardah had the 
