Praztastic
With a board lying patiently on the felt, Nicola Pero fired out a bet of 17,500 to put the pressure on Praz Bansi. The double-bracelet winner began mulling over his options, even probing his stoic opponent with a couple of information-seeking questions. Pero, meanwhile, offered no response, and remained stiller than a bottle of Evian water.
After fingering his chips for a couple of minutes, Bansi slid the necessary chips across the felt to signify the call. Pero quickly tabled as if it were the nuts, and it took a couple of takes before Bansi realised he had the superior hand with .
"I wanna be Praz Bansi when I grow up," declared an impressed Peter Wood.
After the hand, there was a brief pause as they broke the table, which enabled Bansi to reveal more about the hand: "I raised it up preflop from the button and both blinds called. I then bet 6,200, but the guy made almost a min-raise to 12,200. It went check, check, then you saw the river."
As a result of that call, Bansi is now a genuine threat again with 95,000, whilst his wounded opponent is down to 20,000.