Professional Acting
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Faraz Jaka and Eric Sfez were heads up on a queen-high board with two fives and two clubs. Jaka was faced with a 27,000-chip bet, and went into the tank.
"Show one if you fold?" Jaka asked.
"Yes," Sfez agreed. "I can show one."
There were a few seconds of silence.
"You have seven-five?" Sfez asked. "I'll show one."
Jaka tanked for a little longer, laughed, then called, ripping over 
. The player unhappily mucked his hand.
"You promised you'd show," Jaka needled. "Are you a professional actor?"
The very next hand, Sfez opened to 5,000 on middle position, and Jaka three-bet to 14,100 from the small blind.
"That's what you get for lying," Jaka said.
Sfez called, and the dealer fanned 
. Jaka led out for 12,000, Sfez called, and the turn brought the 
. Jaka checked, Sfez tanked for two minutes then fired 26,200, and Jaka snap-called.
The river was the 
, Jaka checked again, and after a very long time, Sfez checked behind. Jaka would reveal his cards until either Sfez tabled his cards or mucked them, and eventually he showed ten-high. Jaka flipped over 
.
"Professional actor!" both Kevin MacPhee and Jason Lavallee said mockingly after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
165,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
flop changed nothing and McDonald has recovered from his earlier short stack.
to knock out Lavallee.
turned, and after tanking for a bit, Busquet called.
, both players checked, and Busquet rolled over 
bricked on the river, and Quoss doubled.