Anderson in the Tank

From the hijack seat, Dino Brivati raised to 15,000 first into the pot. Two seats over, Jeffrey Anderson re-raised to 45,000, and the action wasn't done yet. From the big blind, Reed Hensel moved all in for a total of 356,500. Brivati quickly folded out, but Anderson was not so quickly pacified. He was the shorter of the two stacks, covered by about 93,000, and he would spend the next eight or ten minutes deep in the tank. The camera crews piled around the table with nomadic players filling in the gaps between bodies and electronic equipment.

Anderson was clearly pained by his decision, and after a long silence he finally spoke up. "You've got ace-king, right?" he asked. There was no response. After another few minutes, he finally lowered his head and sent his cards back to the muck. The table pleaded for Hensel to show, but he wouldn't oblige. As the dealer was riffling the cards though, Hensel said he had aces and complimented his opponent on making a good bubble fold.

On to the next deal!