Matthews Walks Away... and Comes Back

Hend Matthews limped in from the hijack seat, then Leo Walker raised to 100,000 from one seat over. It folded back around to Matthews who sat quietly for about 15 seconds, then announced she was reraising all in with the 600,000 or so she had left, and Walker didn't wait very long before calling.

Matthews:
Walker:

Matthews immediately walked away from the table, unable to bear looking at what the community cards would bring. The dealer then delivered the flop — ! Those remaining at the table reacted at the sight of the set-giving nine, but Matthews was out of earshot and unaware.

The dealer swiftly dealt the turn and river... ... then... ! The table reacted much more loudly this time, and Matthews rushed back to discover what had happened.

"You didn't even have to sweat it!" said Ido Ashkenazi. Indeed, she'd hit a two-outer to make a better set and survive — yet another fortunate post-flop card for Matthews versus Walker — but she hadn't even known she was in such danger.

"No no no," joked Joseph McKeehen. "You were ahead the whole time... he dealt the board backwards." Others chuckled, and it took a couple of minutes for the excitement to fade after another wild hand.

Still... 11 remain.