Pahuja Goes Bluffing with the Best Hand
Action folded to Greg Dyer in the hijack seat and he raised to 2,500. Pahuja was in the cutoff and stated that he had
and just called. He mentioned that he normally would three-bet here against an active player like Dyer, but felt he had the best hand and wanted to just take a flop instead.The flop came down
and Dyer fired 5,500. "It was such a big bet, almost pot-sized, so I felt he was really just bluffing," mentioned Pahuja and then he made the call.The turn put the
out there to give Pahuja two pair and put a possible flush on board along with the straight possibilties that were already there. Dyer fired 11,000 and Pahuja mentioned that he thought this was another obscure large bet. He said that he didn't want to raise because he's only going to get called by hands that beat him and there's was still a good chance he had the best hand so he wanted to call, hoping Dyer would slow down on the river.The river was the
and now there were four clubs on board. Dyer checked and Pahuja told us, "I reached and put all my blues (T5,000) and yellows (T1,000) in the middle to put him all in." He then said that Dyer tanked for several minutes before making a call. Pahuja said that Dyer stated that he really couldn't put him on a hand so that's why he called. Pahuja admitted that he made his river bet as a bluff because he wouldn't be getting called by something that he could beat. Instead, he announced that he had two pair after Dyer called and Dyer held only 
off suit for a pair of aces giving Pahuja the pot."That's the craziest hand I've ever played in a big buy-in tournament," said Pahuja. "I never thought I'd ever have the best hand there, that's just insane!"
Pahuja is now up to 115,000 chips and Dyer was sent to the rail.