Linton Does His Bit for International Relations
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Pete Linton opens from middle position for 700 and gets called by an unfamiliar face in the big blind.
The dealer puts out a flop of 
The mystery man in the big blind checks and Linton follows up with a bet of 800 which is quickly called.
The turn is a 
and the action slows down with a check / check.
Faced with a seemingly innocuous river card of the 
mystery man in the big blind fires out 4,000.
Linton seems taken aback by the aggression on the river, and after thinking for a few minutes he decides to test his table talk.
��Where you from?�� Linton asks. ��France?��
��No France.�� Our mystery man responds. ��I tell you after.��
��I never trust a French man�� Linton continues. ��You got ace nine of spades? How much more you got left? I wish I had ace queen here. Arrgh, you��re torturing me now.��
Curiosity finally gets the better of Linton and he throws out the four yellow chips to call.
Mystery man shows him 
for the winning straight and Linton mucks his hand.
��You are from France.�� Linton insists.
��No, no. Next time I tell you.�� Says the mystery man, adding Linton��s chips to his stack.