Unabomber Flushed
With about 50,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Joseph Melancon checked from the big blind to Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, who bet 20,000. Melancon then grabbed two stacks of blue chips, totaling 200,000, and pushed them forward. Laak wasted little time in calling all in for 190,000.
Melancon: 
Laak: 
Laak was ahead but up against a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the 
and he was in trouble. He would need either a nine of king on the river. The dealer burned and put up the 
. Laak was eliminated from the tournament while Melancon increased his stack to 600,000.