Not This Hand, Thinks Meehan
A player under the gun opened for 1,800, and "Minnesota" Jim Meehan called behind. It folded around and the big blind came along for the ride.
The flop came . It checked to the preflop raiser who continued for 3,700, Meehan called, and the BB got out. The turn was the . This time the raiser moved all in, and Meehan -- with about 14,000 left (and covered) -- took some time to think about it.
He took off his hat, counted his chips, and continued to ponder. "Sorry for the delay folks," he said. "It's nothing to you but it's my whole tournament."
Finally Meehan decided to preserve his whole tournament for at least a little while longer and folded.