"Good Fold"

Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a board of 2?J?4?4?6? with 145,000 in the pot, Samuel Dray in the big blind bet 40,000. Garik Tamasyan in middle position put a pile of chips in front of him to raise to 130,000, but Dray understood this action as a call, so he flipped over Q?4? for a flush.

A floorman was called and explained to Dray that he could do whatever he wanted as Tamasyan's action was a raise.

Dray went deep into the tank, using several time banks. "You show if I fold?" he asked in English. "Fold before," answered Tamasyan in Russian, with the dealer acting as the translator.

Dray eventually chose to fold and Tamasyan revealed the 10?. "Good fold," he said a few minutes later.