Rousso Runs Into Language Barrier
An interesting hand developed preflop with three players coming in for 2,000 before button Emanouil Savin* threebet to 4,000. No one passed for this extra 2,000, and they all saw a flop. This is where it kicked off - check to Savin who bet 7,000. Pass to Vanessa Rousso who calmly tipped in 15,000. Back to Savin who quickly threw forward all of his remaining high denomination chips (18,000 worth, with <2k in shrapnel behind).
Now Rousso looked pained. "You have aces?" she half asked, half announced. Savin said a word which sounded like, "Bluff!"
"Me?" Rousso replied, "You think I'm bluffing? I'm not - I would already have folded if I was bluffing..." She had his stack counted down and realised her own stack barely covered his.
Another tack: "Where are you from?"
"From," he replied.
"He doesn't speak English," it was then pointed out. Rousso chuckled, "So I've been talking to myself...this sucks so bad! My little midget overpair is no good."
She passed and the perma-grinning Savin showed her to a whistle from the rest of the table.
*Because of the lack of English, the name confirmation proved rather difficult. But we think 'tis him.