When the Losing Hand Wins

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We noticed an unusual situation brewing over at Jonathan Duhamel's table, with the former Main Event champ doing his best to assist the tournament staff in handling the dispute.

From what we can gather, Laz Hernandez went to a showdown against Dan Gannon, on the board. After Hernandez got his chips into the middle against Gannon, the two tabled their holdings.

Showdown:

Hernandez:
Gannon:

With identical middle pairs, but a higher kicker, the pot was won by Gannon. He must have misread the board however, or perhaps Hernandez' hole cards, because Gannon immediately exited the Brasilia Room despite holding the winner.

Other players at the table were incredulous at the development, asking "who doesn't check their cards?," while others surmised that Gannon must have thought that the river completed a straight or flush draw for Hernandez.

The issue was complicated when the dealer mistakenly pushed the pot to Hernandez, no doubt assuming that he was the winner when Gannon left the table. Hernandez began adding the pot to his stack, before it was discovered that he actually had not won the hand.

After sorting through the situation, the pot was finally awarded to Gannon's empty seat, where a lonely pile of chips now resides to be blinded off with every orbit.

Hernandez, meanwhile, was forced to surrender the 7,000 or so chips he earned with the second-best hand, and after a tweet from the tournament staff, Gannon is on his way back to the Brasilia Room.