Monkey Climbing Higher and Higher
There was about 12,000 in the pot with a flop of when Will "Monkey" Souther bet 9,000. His sole opponent asked how much he had behind and Souther responded, "A lot."
Clearly not content, the young man asked about how much. "You're not going to make the dealer break down my entire stack are you?" Souther asked.
"Just give me a rough guess," the young man said. Souther started to break down his chips and acted as though he was upset he had to do so. As he was breaking down the last of his chips, the young man said, "Alright, I'm all in."
"Call," snapped Souther for a total of 52,800 as he flipped his . His opponent showed and was way behind. The on the turn changed nothing and neither did the on the river. Souther doubled to 107,000 while his opponent was clearly distraught.
"See, that is why I wanted a [expletive] count, I didn't think he had that much."
"He told you he had a lot," T.J. Cloutier said, no doubt rubbing salt in the wound. Perhaps it was for the best that their table broke just a few minutes later.