In the summer of 2005, The Wynn in Las Vegas held a special $20,000 invitational event. At the final table, the following hand occurred, involving Ted Forrest and myself. It was folded to John D’Agostino, who raised all-in for $12,900. Forrest, holding A♦-A♥, called. The button folded and I called from the small blind with A-Q offsuit.

I was caught between whether to re-raise and isolate D’Agostino or just call and check it down. I knew that Forrest was more than capable of setting a trap, so I opted to call. The big blind folded; the pot was now $41,500 and the flop came 4♦-6♠-6♣.