Alert Eilert Reads Right, Still Calls El Khoury
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Following a cutoff raise by Joseph El Khoury, Eilert Eilertsen defended his big blind with a call, and the pair saw the flop come 
. Eilertsen checked, El Khoury bet 41,000, and Eilertsen called. Both players then checked the 
turn.
The river brought the 
. This time Eilertsen pushed out a bet of 70,000, and after about a minute El Khoury responded with a raise to 210,000.
Eilertsen nodded, saying "ace-queen" as he sat back to contemplate the situation. Finally after about two minutes he leaned forward to set out the calling chips, saying "Show me your ace-queen" as he did.
El Khoury then obliged, turning over 
, and dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
955,000 | 282,000 |
|
560,000 | -385,000 |