"You Had Me Seeing Ghosts"
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There were over 17,000 in the middle on a board that read Q♦2♣10♥7♣A♣ when this hand was picked up. Ramon Kropmanns checked from early position before Charles Ansanelli bet 10,000 from the hijack. Kropmanns responded with a check-raise to 50,800 to put Ansanelli to a big decision on the river.
Ansanelli went into the tank as he cut out the chips for a call and took an estimation of how much he would have left should he call.
"Show me king-Jack," said Ansanelli, presumably expecting the worst as he made the call.
Kropmanns showed K♣Q♥ for a pair of queens instead. Ansanelli tabled Q♠10♦ for two pair to claim the pot.
"You had me seeing ghosts," said Ansanelli. "I almost folded."