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We got a chance to catch up with a few of the players on break from the table where Mikhail Smirnov folded quads to John Smirnov's all-in river shove.

First up, we caught up with Roland De Wolfe who helped us get a little insight on how the hand went down.

“Tom Dwan opened with ,” De Wolfe said. “Then Smirnov called, and Morgan called, and the flop came out . Tom checked, and Smirnov bet, Morgan called, and Tom folded. The turn came the  and Smirnov bet again, and Morgan just called. The river was the  and Smirnov bet again, a huge bet. Then Morgan shoved all-in over the top of that.”

We asked De Wolfe what he thought of the fold, if it was ridiculous or genius.

“At first I thought it was ridiculous. But now, I think it was a really good fold. Phil Galfond said it was the best fold he'd ever seen.”

We also asked him if Morgan said anything to imply that he had the straight flush.

“He did say a few things that led me to believe that he had it,” De Wolfe said.

After this we were able to catch up with Phil Galfond who gave us a little more insight on that hand. We asked Galfond if he thought the fold was a good one, or a ridiculous one.

“It very well could've been a good fold,” Galfond said. “It's hard to pick up stone cold reads only after two hours, but there are very few value hands that make sense on the river. As far as full houses  is very unlikely cause you'd expect a raise pre, so maybe . I don't think I have it in me to fold quads, but I think it was a good fold.”