Pocket fives look good to most poker players in most situations, and so Denmark's Henrik Witt had no problem playing this hand at the Grand Prix de Paris final table. It was during the sixth season of the World Poker Tour in the Aviation Club, and Witt was tired of losing hands. He took down the first two and then played a few weak hands, and had not added to his chip count since.
In this hand he saw:
... and raised to 38,000 in tourney Euros. Thomas Wahlroos, hailing from Finland, made a smooth call with:
... Young Swedish player Philip Yeh, just 20 years old, too a look at his hand and saw a wired pair as well; but Yeh's was:
... He moved all in to the tune of 440,000 Euros.
Witt looked disgusted - he really wanted to play his pocket pair, especially since he gave up pocket tens in an earlier hand pre flop. Witt mucked his cards, however.
Thomas, though, called, and it was a classic race situation, as pointed out by WPT host Mike Sexton.
The flop came:
... and Philip was happy. The turn hit:
... and Philip was no longer happy. In fact, he saw his tourney life flashing before his eyes, because Thomas had him covered. As the river card:
... was dealt, Philip had a bit of insight, and said, "I should have called and moved."
Rather than moving all in, he was saying, he should have called and then moved all in on the flop, which would likely have won him the pot. Yeh was out in 5th place with 131,250 Euros.
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