Close Shave for Shaun
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The action was already on Bryan Porter when I arrived, but a quick glance at the felt revealed the probable action: under the gun, Porter had opened for 38,000, Steven Brown had reraised from middle position to 138,000 and the decision was now on Shaun Malough in the small blind. After a few moments, he announced all-in and pushed his short stack of 185,000 across the felt.
Back round to Porter who hesitated, before announcing all-in himself for around 450,000. Brown, who had a similar stack, made the fold, and we had a showdown, Porter in commanding shape with 
versus 
.
The flop, however, favored Malough, the dealer laying an eventful 
onto the felt. Malough punched the immediate air, but it wasn't over yet, he still had six outs to dodge. But dodge he did, the turn and river coming 
and 
respectively and Malough picking up the pot with the nut flush.