Hou's Call Pays Dividens
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Often it's the time where the big stacks will apply maximum pressure and bully to short stacks, knowing that the short stacks want to desperately reach the money. The short stacks know this, but still, it requires either big cards or big kahunas to do something about it.
Stanley Hou fell into one of those categories after making a tremendous call to stay alive in this tournament. Brandon Demes (aka the big stack) raised it up to 9,000 from middle position and Hou decided to make the call in the big blind.
They saw a flop of
and Hou came out swinging with a bet of 15,000. Demes immediately declared himself all in, and here was that moment. Hou knew he was being picked on by the big stack, and with about 50,000 chips behind Hou managed to find the courage to call and put his tournament life at risk within sight of the money.It was a great call as Demes tabled
to trail Hou's 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
and Hou doubles through to around 115,000 as Demes was left shaking his head.