Ferguson is Saved by the Bell

In a limped pot between the blinds, Natalie Ferguson checked on the flop of 8♥8♣K♥ holding 10♥2♥ and Myles Mullaly bet 200,000 with 8♠4♣. Ferguson called.

Ferguson checked on the 2♣ turn and Mullaly bet 600,000. Ferguson again called.

Ferguson then led out for 1,000,000 on the 10♦ river after pairing her ten. Mullaly raised to put her all in for her final 725,000 and she went deep into the tank.

Ferguson's final time bank expired just before she announced call. Several floor supervisors were then called in and ruled that her hand was dead, leaving her with three and a half big blinds.

It was the right outcome for Ferguson as her pair of tens was crushed by the trips of Mullaly.

"This should be a dead hand, you would guess, and if that is the case, saved by the bell is Natalie Ferguson," said commentator Donnie Peters.