$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 5,018

A player in early position opened with a raise, and Michael Johnson three-bet to 150,000 in position. His opponent called.

The flop was . The raiser checked, Johnson announced, “Same bet,” for 150,000, and his opponent called. The turn was the , and it checked to Johnson again. He moved all in for about 1,100,000 effective, having his opponent slightly covered.

The gentleman who had been put to the decision stood up from his chair and stared down at the board for a long while, shaking his head slowly. After a long while, he asked everyone’s favorite question to ask in spots like this one: “Will you show if I fold?”

Johnson fumbled to pause the video playing on his tablet and slid one side of his headphones off his ear. “Huh?”

“Will you show if I fold?” his opponent repeated.

“Sure,” Johnson answered. “If you want me to.”

“I’m either a hero, or…” the opponent said, open-folding for a set of fours. Johnson honored his word and flashed as he stacked up the pot, letting out a bit of a wide-eyed look of relief as he did.

Johnson is the overall chip leader as he inches toward the two-million-chip mark.

Michael Johnson – 1,900,000 (95 bb)