Fal Rivers Straight, Stuns Trip Nines

The hijack called and Nikolay Fal also called from the cutoff. The button made it 800 and was called by the small blind, big blind, the hijack, and by Fal.

It went five ways to the flop, which came . The big blind lead out for 1,500 and was called by just Fal and the button.

The turn brought the and action checked around.

On the river, the big blind made it 2,200 but Fal concluded that it wasn't enough and raised to 10,000, leaving just 1,700 behind. After the button folded, the big blind went into the tank for about a minute before making the call.

Fal turned over for the rivered straight and the big blind slammed his down on the table and put his head in his hands, shocked that his trip nines were no good.