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James Hartigan: First place at the 2011 PCA paid 2.3 million dollars. The last 2 players
standing were the aggressive Chris Oliver and the equally competitive Galen Hall. It
resulted in this memorable match up. James: Galen Hall on the button, has posted
the small blind and is first to speak. Looks down at 8-4 off suit.
William: You can widen your range heads up and raise almost any 2 cards, profitably,
from the button.
James: He's made it 450,000. Oliver has ace-deuce in the big blind. He'll make the call and
we will see a flop.
The flop is 3-5-deuce, it's an up and down straight draw for Hall. Oliver still leads
with a pair of 2s and a gut shot straight draw.
William: This is a good flop for Hall to continuation bet.
James: Oliver is checked to him. Hall makes a c-bet of 575,000.
William: Oliver won't be going anywhere.
James: Makes the call. The turn is the 2 of hearts. Trip 2s now for Oliver. Hall still
has the straight draw. Oliver checks a second time.
William: He checks the best turn card in the deck so Hall can fire again.
James: But Hall checks behind. Hall makes a straight on the river but Oliver has a full
house!
William: The absolute worst card in the deck for Hall as he makes a wheel. How much money
is he going to lose is the real question?
James: Oliver sets the trap, he checks to him.
William: What a trap indeed, he's just praying his opponent has a 4, as he does.
James: Hall makes a value bet with his straight of 2 million.
William: That is a full pot-sized bet, now it's going to be back on Oliver. He is contemplating
exactly how much he can check raise. Galen Hall has 9 and a half million chips behind,
there are 4 million chips in the pot.
James: Chris Oliver shoves on Galen Hall. He's trying to end it here.
William: As wild as Oliver is, it's still highly unlikely he ever shows up with the
stone cold bluff. If Oliver was bluffing, he could have made a standard check raise,
rather than the all-in. James: Can Galen Hall get away from this?
William: Only if he dismisses the idea of Oliver turning missed diamonds or a pair into
a bluff and interprets his all-in over bet as a pure value bet to end it all.
James: Oliver praying for a call. [Player talk]
William: Large, it's twice the pot.
James: If Galen Hall calls here with his straight, the tournament is over and Chris Oliver has
won the 2011 PCA. William: Oliver's image is telling Hall to
call-call-call.
James: But something in his gut is telling him it doesn't add up, it's not right. And
he makes the lay down!
Galen Hall gets away from the straight. That is an amazing fold!
William: Since he realised he was chopping the pot at best, he caught his losses and
made a spectacular fold.
James: If that's the best fold you've ever seen, click to vote, then share it with your
friends.