Great plays are why poker makes great TV, and the 2008 World Series of Poker was no exception. It was day seven, down to the last two tables and everyone wanted to be part of the final nine at the final table. In this particular hand a great call was made by one player, but then ridiculed by another.
Cheno Rheem was the player most likely to win; at least that was what all the gathered pros thought. In this hand he ran afoul of Joe Bishop, who had scooped a lot of chips from Rheem earlier with a nicely disguised quad of sixes. Bishop was first to act, and once more he had pocket sixes, this time:
and
and he made it $450k to go in tourney chips.
Rheem, with:
and
made a cheap call from the big blind.
The Flop came down:
missing both players, and Rheem checked. Bishop made it one million in tourney chips to go, and Rheem decided on a bluff and moved all in. Joe when into the tank, although he did all his thinking out loud, and said “Gimme a count” to Rheem, who told him he had $4.8 million involved -- and eventually made the call. Even Rheem admitted this was a great call when he turned up his hand.
The Turn was:
and it looked like Rheem was going to be axed by Bishop. Only a King or a Nine would save him.
The River, of course, was a king:
Just like that Bishop was crippled and Rheem turned his fate around; but then he went around repeating “how could he call with sixes?”
