Wilkie Makes a "Good Fold"
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Steve Wilkie limped in the hijack and Chris Quackenbush completed his small blind. Josh Saltz checked his option in the big blind and the flop came 
. Action checked to Wilkie and he bet 50,000. Quackenbush check-raised to 150,000 and Saltz folded. Wilkie then called.
Action was then heads up to the turn 
and Quackenbush slid out less than a full stack of 25K-chips. Wilkie immediately folded 
face-up.
"Good fold," said Quackenbush, looking up to Wilkie as he said so. The pot was then shipped his way and he collected his newly earned chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,280,000 | 230,000 |
|
725,000 | -315,000 |
|
480,000 | -125,000 |
and brought chop outs on board. An even worse scenario came for Wilkie on the turn 
, resulting in him standing up in disbelief. Then, a miracle 
came on the river, causing Wilkie to take one step over and hug the dealer, thanking him in the process for keeping him alive.
. Liberto bet one big blind, totaling 30,000 and Quackenbush paid to see.
and Quackenbush sent his cards to the muck.
to score him the double.
kept them there and he scored the double, bringing him over 1 million in the process.
. Liberto checked and Collard made a continuation-bet of 70,000. Liberto called.
and Liberto checked again. Collard fired a second barrel of 110,000 and Liberto check-raised to 305,000. Collard thought for a moment and then called. Liberto then tapped the felt again on the river 
and Collard checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
and Collard fired a second barrel of 150,000. Wilkie called again and both players checked the river 