06-30-2009 18:32 UTC-12

As You Wish, Mr. Laak

Shamus

Phil Laak

A player at Phil Laak's table limped in from the cutoff, but apparently not purposefully, as he made it known he'd grabbed the wrong chips when making his bet. It folded to Laak in the big blind who quickly raised to 17,000, leaving himself just 9,600 behind. The cutoff then reraised all in, and Laak called.

Laak had {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{7-Spades}

and his opponent {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

. The flop was {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{3-Hearts}

{6-Clubs}

, but the turn brought the {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

, giving Laak a pair. The river was the {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

, and Laak survives with about 55,000.

"Don't blog that!" he cried with a big grin as he scooped the chips. "Okay, okay, okay! Blog it! What the hell... let the world know what a donkey I am!"

Tags: Phil Laak