Brett Kimes Dodges Disaster

Oh, to be inside Vitaly Lunkin's head right now. He completed the small blind on the button, only to see Brett Kimes raise to 620,000. Lunkin made the call.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}

, and Kimes led out for 1.1 million. Lunkin quickly announced he was all in, a total of 2.876 million. Kimes had him covered.

"I think my gut's right," said Kimes, after tanking for a minute. Thirty seconds later, he made the call.

Lunkin: {7-Hearts}

Kimes:

A complete catastrophe for Kimes - Lunkin flopped the nut straight against Kimes' middle pair. The turn brought the {3-Diamonds}

to put four diamonds on board. Kimes needed a diamond for a chop, and he got it when the river filled {Q-Diamonds}

. For the second time tonight, Lunkin had an opponent crushed, only to see the board flush and overcoat his hand.

Meanwhile, Kimes lets out a huge sigh of relief, and play goes on as if that hand never happened.