Hernandez the Hero Makes Great Call
We caught the action with the board reading 
and more than 14,000 already in the pot. Peter Hernandez was in the big blind and led out for a bet of 7,500. His opponent in middle position went into the tank before asking Hernandez how many chips he had left.
"More than you man, more than you" was all Hernandez had to say, and this bit of braggadocio may have provoked his opponent's subsequent all-in shove.
Hernandez was now facing a reraise of 21,400 chips and it was his turn to tank. The young player had his friends watching from the rail and began talking himself through the hand, saying "you must have me in bad shape here, you have to" before looking at his opponent and asking "you want to gamble?"
Hernandez must have picked up on something because he soon made up his mind and declared "I want to gamble, I call." His opponent responded with "I'm not very strong" as he tabled the 
for middle pair, and Hernandez found that he had made an excellent call with his 
.
The dealer delivered two safe cards on the turn and river in the form of the 
and 
, and Hernandez shot up from his chair, clapping as he went to tell his buddies exactly how he made such a difficult decision. Hernandez now has a huge stack of over 100,000 chips and is amongst our leaders as Day 1 comes to a close.