Poker After Dark - Representing a Big Pair

  Sometimes it's smart to tell your opponents exactly what you have when you are playing poker, without naming your cards. Odds are good they won't believe you. When six players - all of whom had five or more World Series of Poker bracelets - sat down to play in the Poker After Dark event, there was an amazing amount of skill at the table. Only three were left - Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, and T.J. Cloutier - when this hand was dealt.  Phil looked down at a very nice hand - cowboys, pocket kings: ... and raised to $4,000 in cash and chips. As he made the raise, he said, "I'm representing a Big Pair", which, in fact, he was. A declaration was designed to get someone to call. Would either of his esteemed colleagues fall for it? Yes, yes they would.  Doyle Brunson squeezed and looked at only one card, saw an ace, and called. He then checked the other, and saw a queen. His: ... were giving him a lot of outs.  The flop came: ... keeping the Poker Brat in the lead. The turn was: ... and the river was: ... and Phil doubled up to $20k, still being on the short stack. If he were allowed to leave just then he could have walked with exactly how much money he paid to play, but he had to stick it out and try for the $120k that went to the winner.