2007 Caesars Las Vegas Poker Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event
$5150 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 1
Players Left 1 / 336
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0

, Alaei moved all in on a 10-9-6 flop and was called by an opponent holding the 
. The turn was a Q and the river a 7, and Alaei lost a significant chunk of his stack.


, Jon Friedberg moves all in, and the player in seat 8 calls. Friedberg shows 
, but he's dominated by his opponent's set of fours (
). Friedberg stands up and tells everyone that he enjoyed playing, but he gathers his things as if to leave. Another player mentions that he still has outs if he hits one of his two queens, and Layne Flack tells him to sit down because he can also hit running spades for a chop. Sure enough, the last two cards were

, putting a spade flush on the board and chopping the pot. Friedberg sheepisly sits back down. Flack says, "Why doesn't anyone ever listen to me? It's the stand-up-and-walk-away rule." Apparently, as soon as Friedberg stood up to leave, he was a lock to survive the hand.
First place: $506,176
36 places will be paid.