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Dan Stavila faced a difficult decision.
After he bet 5,500 on the button with the board reading 3♠9♣5♠6♠6♦, Alexander Bunin check-raised all in with more chips than Stavila behind.
Stavila went deep into the tank.
Tablemates agree that it was a full 15 minutes. Finally, one of them called for the clock. The tournament director came over and gave Stavila 30 seconds to act.
A mere three seconds before his hand was to be declared dead, Stavila placed his chips on the felt to indicate a call.
Bunin showed him the bad news: 9♥9♠. He had rivered a full house.
Stavila turned over K♠2♠, but the king-high flush he made on the turn wasn't good enough.
A player told Bunin that the wait must have been the greatest 15 minutes of his life.
"Yeah, but don't tell my wife," Bunin said.