The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

The Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Total Entries
417
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 417

Rule #1: Protect Your Hand

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

There is one very grumpy European in the room now.

We picked up the action as a player in middle position opened to 750 and another player flatted right next door. The table folded around to the big blind (Seat 1) where our European friend peeked at his cards, then dropped them down in front of his stack. The dealer pulled them into the muck, just a couple inches away, but the big blind hadn't intended to muck. He pulled his two cards back off the top of the deck, then stuck in a reraise to 2,300.

Floor!

The ensuing shenanigans involved the whole table in a fit of laughter and head shaking for five solid minutes. The first floorman came over and asked the dealer what happened. She used two of the mucked cards to reenact what she saw, unintentionally flashing the {7-Hearts} in the process. The floor asked her to explain again, and she did so with the second mucked card, eventually flashing that {3-Hearts} as well. "This whole table is falling apart," Jason Young said as he and half the table laughed in amusement. "It's unbelievable."

The floorman motioned for backup, and the second floorman walked up to the table, shook his head, and started to walk away. "Look, he doesn't want any piece of this," Young said, and the table all laughed again. "He's like, 'Forget this!'"

Finally, the decision was made that Seat 1's hand was dead, and he angrily flipped over his {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} saying, "How would I fold this hand?" It was to no avail, though. The responsibility to protect one's hand falls solely on the player, and that's really all there is to it.

"How many red queens are going to come on this flop now?" Young concluded the stand-up routine.

The other two players took a {10-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {J-Clubs} flop, and a single continuation bet from the raiser took it down as our European friend stormed off to tell his troubles to a friend a few tables over.