Farid Chati Eliminated by Scott Davies
May 5, 2017
A short-stacked Farid Chati raised from early position. He got one caller and Scott Davies defended his big blind.
The three saw a flop of 
. Davies checked and Chati continued f. Hor 1,625. The third player called and Davies min-raised to 3,250.
After the hand, Davies told us that he knew Chati was short and had intentionally raised the minimum amount to try and induce a shove.
Chati did exactly that. The third player in the hand asked whether Chati’s shove was enough to reopen the action. After the dealer concluded that it was, the player just called, as did Davies.
The turn was the 
and Davies check-called a bet of 8,000 from his opponent. Both remaining players checked the 
on the river and the cards were turned over.
Davies’ opponent showed 
for a set, with Chati holding 
. However, Davies had them all crushed with a flush holding 
As he stacked his chips, he bemoaned the fact that he was colourblind: “Every time I play a hand the other players have to help me out,” he picked up a 5,000 and a 1,000-value chip, “These two are really hard to tell the difference!”
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