Promises, Promises

Eric DeFontes raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Martin Jacobson in the small blind. Much as happened at the end of the previous level, Jacobson considered for a while, then reraised, this time announcing he was all in. It folded back to DeFontes.

"Why you guys gotta be so reckless?" he asked with a smile. After hemming and hawing a bit more, he folded.

On the very next hand, DeFontes open-shoved from under the gun, and it folded to Andrew Youngblood in the big blind. Youngblood asked for a count, and while the dealer stacked the chips DeFontes explained that he had a bigger hand than the last one.

"You promise?" said Youngblood. He promised, and said he'd show. Youngblood folded, and DeFontes did indeed show -- {A-Spades}