Tap Means I'm Good
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Alex Kamberis opened the pot with a raise before Jose de Noronha three-bet all in for 299,000 total. Govert Metaal toyed with the idea of calling with pocket eights, but he folded, and Kamberis did the calling to put de Noronha at risk.
Kamberis tabled his 
, and de Noronha tapped the felt with an open palm as he stood from his chair. Kamberis no doubt thought he was good, but de Noronha tabled the surprise 
to put him five cards from the double.
"Tap means I'm good," Kamberis instructed his opponent. The board ran out 
, and Metaal just about had a fit that he'd folded his eights. It was the correct fold preflop though, and it allows de Noronha to double his way back into contention with about 340,000.
Except he didn't realize it initially. Without a word, de Noronha walked away from the table and out towards the exit, mistakenly thinking he had been eliminated by a set on the river. From zero chips to 340,000, de Noronha was called back to stack the pot and play on.