Bill Edler Avoids Disaster Against Jim McCrink

Jim McCrink raises from the button to 29,000, and Bill Edler takes his time thinking in the big blind before reraising to 119,000. McCrink asks Edler how much he has left, and Edler glances at his stack and says, "Eighty thousand." Then he stops himself, remembering that his four stacks of yellow chips are 40 high rather than the standard 20. Edler quickly amends himself, "Wait. One hundred and sixty thousand. I have one hundred and sixty thousand."

McCrink thinks for about a minute, and then puts his hands behind his chips as if he's about to push all in. Edler doesn't budge. McCrink picks up his cards and tosses them into the muck.

As Edler collects the pot, he says, "That could have been a disaster. I said eighty, and if you called and I actually had one-sixty -- that could have been a disaster."

After the hand, Edler is up to 320,000, while McCrink drops down to about 370,000.

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