William Thorson Doubles Up

From the floor of the Empire Casino...

On a flop of {6-Clubs}

and with 2,100 in the pot, William Thorson bet the pot, Fedorus raised, and Thorson moved all in for 6,600 total. David Fedorus called. The players turned up their hands.

Thorson: {6-Spades}

Fedorus:

Thorson was ahead with twopair and Fedorus had an open-ended straight draw. Then came the delay. The dealer had to call the floor over whenever there's an all in. Then the floor called the camera crew in order to capture the moment on film. Since the table was downstairs it took a few minutes for the crew to arrive.

"What are we waiting for?" asked Patrick Bruel. "Did you have to call Las Vegas to get permission to deal?"

A group of almost ten people burst into the room with cameras and other sound equipment as a wall of people surrounded the table.

"Is the Queen here too?" wondered Bruel.

I looked around and did not see her majesty the Queen on the rail. It took another few moments before the crew were set up before the action continued. The dealer burned one card and then dealt the turn. The {5-Diamonds}