While my daughter took a nap the other day, I worked in my home office with an old episode of “High Stakes Poker” on in the background. In this episode (the first of season four, for those who are interested), the players agreed that anyone who wins a hand with 2-7 will receive $500 from each player at the table. Almost immediately, Phil Hellmuth bluffed Mike Matusow, who held K-K, out of a big pot on the river with 2-7. Hellmuth re-raised Matusow pre-flop, both players checked the flop, and Hellmuth led out with a healthy bet on the turn with nothing, not even a draw. After some thought on the river, in a hand he knew he could not possibly win without betting, Hellmuth bet $40,000 into a $50,000 pot, forcing a fold by Matusow. What caught my attention after the initial excitement of 7-2 beating K-K was what announcer Gabe Kaplan said before Hellmuth fired his third bullet on the river. He said that the bet would not only be necessary to win the pot, but that it was also “a matter of pride” for Hellmuth, as he probably wanted to be the first one in that day’s game ...