Premature Premonition

After raising to 2,400 before the flop, Joey Couden watched Ian Davis and another player both flatted. Before Davis had called, however, Couden leaned into the dealer and said "come on man," although to the man pitching the cards, Couden's tablemates and even the trained ear of this reporter, the words sounded more like "I'm all in then."

"Nah man," Couden told the dealer. "I don't want you calling me all in..."

Davis eventually called the bet though, and after the dealer's confusion at the comment was sorted out, a flop of appeared on board. When it was checked to him Couden fired away with a 3,600 c-bet, but Davis raised the action to 9,000 even.

Couden didn't hesitate before sliding a stack forward for the 21,000 three-bet, and Davis beat him to the pot for his last 43,800 while tabling for top pair. The was Couden's holding and he needed any ace or diamond to take the pot and increase his chip lead.