Toiminen Desaddles the Cowboys

"It was a good fold," confirms one confident player. But others seem less sure, as Jani Toiminen rakes in a nice pot, and remains schtum as to the strength of his cards.

The hand itself was an interesting affair, Toiminen's preflop raise to 650 being reraised to 2,000 only for the Fin to flat call. On the 8c-Td-6s flop, Toiminen checked, his neighbour continue bet 3,000 and Toiminen called.

With both players checking the 4h turn, Toiminen led for 3,650 on the Ts river which, after a moment or two of perplexed deliberation, was good enough to force a fold. Although his opponent revealed Ks Kd as he mucked face-up, the identity of Toiminen's cards remains, and maybe forever will be, a mystery.

Toiminen now has circa 20,000 in chips.