Saved by the River

After some preflop action, four players, including Marco Traniello (big blind) and Stefan Rapp (under the gun) saw a flop come {2-Hearts}

. Traniello bet, Rapp raised, the player in the cutoff called, and Traniello called as well. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

. Traniello again bet, Rapp again raised, this time the third player dropped out, and Traniello called.

The river was the {K-Hearts}

. Traniello checked, and Rapp paused a beat before checking behind. Traniello turned over {Q-Hearts}

for a rivered queen-high flush. Rapp had {9-Hearts}

-- he'd flopped a set, then also made a lesser flush on the end.

That hand actually brings both players right back to their starting stacks of 4,500.

Tags: Marco Traniello Stefan Rapp