Fohrenbach Playing Sweet Music

We joined a pot in progress over on one of the far tables. The flop was out on board when we walked up, showing {2-Spades}

. Ricky Fohrenbach was heads up and first to act, and he tapped the table. Pieter Kouijzer was in position, and he stuck out a bet of 8,500. Fohrenbach gave him a stare for a minute or so before calling.

Fourth street brought the {4-Diamonds}

and a check from both players, and the {Q-Hearts}

filled out the board on fifth. Fohrenbach slowly tapped the felt again, and Kouijzer flicked out a final bet of 11,000. But that wasn't enough for Fohrenbach. To Kouijzer's surprise, Ricky snuck in a check-raise to 45,000 straight. That put Kouijzer into the tank for several long minutes, agonizing with his decision. He finally made the call for just about half of his remaining chips.

It wasn't a good one. Fohrenbach showed up {Q-Spades}