Benhalima Bluffs Hougaard

(Photo: Are those pocket tens?)

Jesper Hougaard opens the button and then calls a three-bet from Abdelkader Benhalima in the big blind. The flop is [9s] [7h] [2s] and Benhalima check-raise jams for 26,625.

"Where are you from?" Asks Hougaard.

Benhalima motions that he doesn’t understand and then tells him he is French.

"It’s a shame that I can’t speak French…I have an overpair," Hougaard tells him anyway, "I do have a really big hand," says Hougaard.

"No comment," says Benhalima stoicly.

Eventually, Hougaard folds and both players decide to turn over their cards, and the face of Hougaard is a picture. Benhalima was holding [Ah] [Js] for the bluff and Hougaard showed [Ts] [Td] for the best hand.

Benhalima ~ 44,000
Hougaard ~ 50,000