Ryan Laplante was down to around 4,000 and got it in on a flop of against a heads-up opponent.
Ryan Laplante:
Opponent:
Laplante was in bad shape against the pocket kings of his opponent and he stood up from his seat anticipating a bustout. But the board ran out to return Laplante to his seat as he made a runner-runner flush to stay alive.
Jake Daniels opened to 1,700 from middle position and was called by the big blind.
On the flop, the big blind checked and Daniels bet 1,700. Daniels tried to return his cards to the dealer thinking his opponent had folded but that wasn't the case.
As Daniel's cards had not touched the muck, he was able to retrieve them and the big blind called.
"I should have raised there but I would've felt bad," said the big blind.
Action then checked through on the turn and river.
The big blind turned over his for ten-high. Daniels saw his opponent's cards but did not say whether he had better.
"No way," echoed Farrell, who thought the big blind was going to win with his missed straight draw.
The big blind began to stand up but then sat down after Daniels turned over his to win the pot. The table then eruoted with laughter before the next hand was dealt.
Joe McKeehen opened on the button and called a three-bet from the player in the big blind.
The big blind bet 9,000 on the flop of and McKeehen called. The big blind checked on the turn and McKeehen checked back.
The big blind checked again on the river and McKeehen fired a sizable bet of 28,000. The big blind snap-called, only to muck face-up when McKeehen showed the winner with for a pair of kings.