Hand #95 - A Dramatic Chop


. Spegal bets 30,000, and Smith calls. The turn card is the
, Spegal bets 60,000, and Smith calls. The river card pairs the board with the
. Spegal checks, Smith announces "Pot," which is determined to be 180,000, and he moves a few stacks of chips forward. Spegal reraises the size of the pot, and Smith thinks for a full minute before he calls all in. Spegal shows

for trip eights, and Smith shows 
-- for trip eights. All that drama, and it's just a chopped pot. Smith would've had a tough time dealing with it if he folded and later saw on TV that they had identical hands.