Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:25 PM Local Time
"Sometimes Things Just Go Your Way"
On a flop of Athanasios Polychronopoulos has a player all in and at risk.
Polychronopoulos holds for the flopped nuts, but his opponent holds and still has outs to a gutshot straight and a backdoor flush. The on the turn and on the river are no help and the player is sent to the payout desk.
On the very next hand, a player in early position moves all in. Without having heard the action, Polychronopoulos announces a raise. Since he announced a raise he is forced to put in more chips than the players all in.
"Ok, I'm all in," Polychronopoulos says. Everyone else folds and Polychronopoulos and his opponent turn up their hands.
Polychronopoulos:
Opponent:
The board rolls out leaving Polychronopoulos' over pair the better of the two and securing his second knockout in two hands.
"Sometimes things just go your way," Polychronopoulos says laughing as he stacks his chips.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos - 185,000