Doing the Ali Shuffle
The under-the-gun player opened for 1,900 and Chris Ali called from middle position. When action reached Nader Wahdan on the button, he simply moved all in for approximately 30,000. The blinds both folded, as did the original raiser, and Ali hit the tank.
"I know what you have," Ali explained.
"No one knows what I have, not the way I play," Wahdan said with a laugh.
"I should go with my gut," Ali responded. It looked as if Ali was going to fold, but all of a sudden he spiked in his stack of 17,600.
Ali:
Wahdan:
It was a flip, and Ali was looking to hold. He failed to do so on the flop, but fortunately for him he was the only one with a club, which locked him up the hand when the peeled off on the turn. The meaningless was put out on the river, and Ali was shipped the double.
"I knew it was a race," Ali said after the hand. "Did I want to risk 25 big blinds?"