10-16-2009 22:55 UTC

Treading Lightly Against Fitoussi

[user66118]

A player in early position opened the pot with a raise to 1,200 from early position, and he found action on from Bruno Fitoussi in late position.

The two men check-checked through the turn on a board showing {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{A-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

. The river was the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

, and the raiser checked again. With a sideways glance, Fitoussi put out a little bet of 900. His opponent rocked his head back and forth for about a minute before making the call.

Fitoussi confidently tabled {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{10-Diamonds}

, but he would find out that it was no good at all. His opponent showed up {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Spades}

for top set, dragging the small pot and knocking Fitoussi down to 49,000.

"Maybe I made the wrong bet," chuckled Fitoussi. "Do you still call for 1,000?"