Tabatabai Straightened Out
We caught up to the hand after the flop with a little over 6,000 already in the pot. The board read and Bruno Fitoussi had passed the first option to Tabatabai, who led out with a 4,000 bet. Lellouche made the call from the cutoff, as did Fitoussi from the big blind.
The fell on the turn and both Fitoussi and Tabatabai checked, allowing Lellouche to take the lead, firing an 8,500 bullet. Fitoussi passed (later claiming he folded ), but Tabatabai stuck around to see the river, which was the .
Tabatabai checked once more to Lellouche who moved all in for a total of 24,600. After a minute or so in the tank, Tabatabai made the call and Lellouche tabled -- the absolute nuts. Tabatabai mucked his cards.
"That smelled a rat," remarked Fitoussi after the hand, proud of his fold.
Tabatabai was left with 134,000 in chips, while Lellouche improved to 84,000.