James Boyle and another player were all in before the flop with a third player tanking. Someone called the clock, and the floor came over and announced a one-minute countdown. Rather than continue to tank, the player decided to leave it up to chance.

"If I pick a gray chip, I'll call you guys," he announced, grabbing roughly equal stacks of purple T500 and gray T5000 chips and mixing them up while looking away. He aimed his pointer finger downward and picked up the chip it landed on: a purple chip. He immediately slid his cards to the dealer.

Boyle:
Opponent:

The board ran out , meaning Boyle had almost certainly lost out on a chance to get more chips if the player in Seat 5 had grabbed a gray chip. Still, he has around 100,000.

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