Your 2009 EPT Monte Carlo Bubble Boy

A throng -- no no, more than a throng, call it a press -- of media, spectators and players jammed themselves around Table 9 on the second hand of hand-for-hand play after the fateful words "All in and call!" rang out from the dealer on that table. On a board of {2-Hearts}

, Marcel Luske was all in for about 40,000 chips and had been called by Sebastian Ruthenberg. Once play was completed at all other tables, TD Thomas Kremser instructed the players to open their hands.

Luske: {A-Spades}

Ruthenberg: {2-Diamonds}

"Sebastian shows a set of deuces," said Kremser. "Marcel has ace-nine. This is going to be a tough one for him. He needs to see running cards. Let's see the turn."

The turn came {J-Diamonds}