06-04-2007 02:27 UTC-7

Almost a Blow-Up

[user22113]

On sixth street, Mike Matusow showed a board of {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

and his opponent showed {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

. After seventh street was dealt, Matusow looked at his down card and said, "well, I guess I check." His opponent thought for a long time before checking behind.

As Matusow's opponent turned up his hole cards, he said "I paired up." Matusow nearly went nuclear, thinking his A-A in the hole were cracked for high. However, his opponent only meant that he had paired his 5 on sixth. Matusow's aces took the high half, while his opponent's A-2-5-6-7 was good for low.

Tags: Mike Matusow