Sunday, March 10, 2024 2:33 PM Local Time (about 39 days and 19 hours ago)
Stammen Finishes Last in Three-Man Race
Keven Stammen raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Men Nguyen called from the big blind before seeing Soheb Porbandarwala jam for 262,000 fron the small blind.
With action back on Stammen, he tanked until a clock was eventually called before committing his last 5,000. Nguyen made the call too and the cards were on their backs.
Keven Stammen:
Soheb Porbandarwala:
Men Nguyen:
Nguyen immediately said that he called because he's flopped two back-to-back sets with pocket fours and he had a feeling that a four would appear in the window.
When the flop came , that prediction came to fruition as the four was waiting for Nguyen in the window. Because of the favorable and safe looking flop, Nguyen stopped paying attention to the runout as the turn and river came the and the , giving Porbandarwala the runner-runner straight for almost a full triple up.
Nguyen was talking about the hand like he won it, commenting on the accuracy of his feeling about the hand as Porbandarwala counted out his chips. It was at this point that Porbandarwala said, "I don't think he realizes that he lost yet," which prompted Nguyen to re-check the board to get the bad news.
Everyone got a good laugh out of it, including Nguyen, as Stammen made his way to the payout desk as the only man who didn't find the hand result funny.
Soheb Porbandarwala - 683,000
Men Nguyen - 1,347,000
Keven Stammen - Eliminated