Laak Hangin On

From under-the-gun, Tony G made it 800 and found two callers in Georgy Kalashnikov and Phil Laak before the small blind bumped it up to 5,650.

Tony and Kalashnikov folded and it was the short-stacked Laak's turn to decide. He said, "Will you show me one if I fold?" His opponent said yes and after some thought, Laak folded nines face up.

His opponent slid his two cards in front of him and said, "Pick one." Laak picked the one on his right and flipped over the {a-Clubs}