Rick Mask was facing a tough decision: At this early point in the tournament, should he call for roughly 1/3 of his stack? Up against Carla Sabini, a regular at Playground and a well known player at big events worldwide, he had his work cut out for him.
We joined the hand as Carla pushed in a bet of 13,000 with a board full of high spades showing. After two minutes of careful thought, Rick called and the river card came down.
The board was now showing 
. Luckily for Rick, he didn’t have to make any more decisions, as Carla checked. He checked in return, leading to Carla showing her 6-8 bluff. Rick turned over 
, making top two pair and adding a nice pile of chips to his stack.
