Follow Me, and I Will Make You Fishers of Men
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A poker tournament presents the thoughtful player with a never ending stream of close decisions, and these difficult choices often require several minutes to sort through. When a player "goes into the tank," the minutes of motionless staring can sometimes prompt people to call the clock, effectively limiting the process to another two minutes tops. Everybody has their own policy when it comes to clocking their opponents, but we seldom hear a player call the clock on themselves.
Danny Fisher found himself in the peculiar position of playing against an opponent who did just that, after Fisher moved all in for his last 36,400 on the turn. The board read 
by fourth street, and Fisher's stack was broken down in front of him for his opponent's appraisal, while the other player spent more than three minutes calculating his chances.
"Such a sick card on the turn," he said to himself. "It comes six, and it comes spade..."
Fisher engaged in casual conversation during the lengthy tank, offering cryptic pronouncements about the strength of his hand in an attempt to further confuse the agonized opponent.
Eventually, the player asked the dealer to call the clock, forcing himself to make a decision, and with the tournament director beginning to count down, he tossed his cards into the muck.
Fisher smiled when he saw the player fold, and he revealed the 
while dragging the pot. While he failed to lure his opponent in after making trips on the turn, Fisher managed to hook a big one nonetheless.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,700 | 55,700 |
and it held up against his opponents 
. Salsberg had a well covering stack and he picked up his entire opponent's stack of more than 60,000 chips.
a player had bet 4,700 in to Castaneda who raised to 20,000. Her opponent was thinking when we got to the table and then he moved all in with a much short stack than Castaneda's. Castaneda called quickly and the hands were turned up.
on the turn and an 
on the river giving Castaneda the winning hand and the other player's whole stack. With that hand, she's moved up over 200,000 and looks to be the woman with the most chips in the room.
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. Nealon appeared ready to cut out the chips to pay off his opponent, and sure enough the flop came 
. The turn was the 
and the player in the big blind put out a bet of 9,100 before Mirzikinian reraised to 22,000. The big blind player jammed all in and Mirzikinian called. Mirzikinian was holding 
for the flopped nut straight while his opponent held 
river, allowing Mirzikinian to pick up a huge pot after flopping the nuts. With that, the clear chip leader in the room was established as Warwick Mirzikinian.
