07-08-2008 21:31 UTC-7

Under Scrutiny

Shamus

Walter Hall, studying Jeremiah Smith (foreground, right)

Jeremiah Smith limped from early position, then Walter Hall raised to 7,000 from the cutoff. Smith called.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

. Smith checked, and Hall bet 6,000. Smith then reraised to 16,000. Hall made the call.

The turn was the {6-Hearts}

. Smith overbet 85,000, sending Hall deep into the tank. As Barry Greenstein is at this table (currently with about 16,500, by the way), the ESPN camera crew is hovering, perhaps adding an extra layer of pressure to the proceedings.

Hall took several minutes counting out his chips. He then sat and stared in Smith's direction for several more (see photo). Finally he folded, showing {J-Clubs}