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07-03-2008 18:06 UTC-8

Holding Out for a Hero

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We walked up to Emad Tahtouh's table with the board showing {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{k-Clubs}

{4-Hearts}

. Tahtouh's opponent fired a bet of 8,000, and Tahtouh went into the tank for several minutes, trying to decide what to do. He looked over his opponent several times before finally announcing, "Call."

His opponent snap-mucked when Tahtouh turned over {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

. His busted ace-high flush draw, which had not connected with the board in any other way, was the winning hand after making an incredible hero-call. Tahtouh is now up to about 48,000 in chips.