Soulier Sandsbagged
David "Doc" Sands raised to 1,800 from middle position, and Fabrice Soulier moved all in two seats behind him. The small blind tanked for a minute before folding and sending the action back to Sands. David asked the dealer to break down one of the Soulier's stacks, instructing the guy step-by-step trying to get an accurate count. It was 13,600 total for Sands to call. And call he did to put Soulier at risk. It was Fabrice's against David's .
The flop was fine for Soulier, but the on the turn gave him a bit of a sweat. With the on the river, Soulier groaned and got up from the table. The dealer turned to stop him. "Hey, you won." Fabrice pointed to the backdoor flush that the dealer had missed. "Thanks for the try, dealer," Soulier said on his way out.
After the hand, the small blind said he hadn't realized that Doc Sands had raised pre and thought Soulier had just open shoved. He told the table he'd also had king-jack. "Was it suited?" asked Sands? " I like king-jack of diamonds better than king-jack of spades." But since his spades the got there, Sands is up to 67,000.