Spades No Longer Geshkenbein's Friend
The action folded to Vladimir Geshkenbein in the hijack and he opened to 1,600. The cutoff folded but David Kahan flat-called on the button. The small blind got out of the way but Anton Thorarinsson felt he was priced in from the big blind and he made the call.
Flop: 
- Thorarinsson checked, Geshkenbein continued with a bet of 3,500 then Kahan raised to 11,500 sending Thorarinson into the tank. He stayed there for close to two minutes before reluctantly folding his hand. No sooner had he done that, Geshkenbein put a stack of blue 5,000 chips into the middle to set Kahan all in and his bet was called.
Geshkenbein: 
Kahan: 
Thorarinsson said, "I had 
" which obviously effected Geshkenbein's chances of hitting a flush.
"That's not the best news," answered the Russian, "But I've had worse."
The dealer burned a card before dealing the turn, 
and the river 
sending the pot to Kahan.
"Wow," exclaimed Kahan, "You actually lose a hand sometimes" before Stefan J?hne piped up saying "spades are no longer your friends."
"I'm still happy," said Geshkenbein and rightly so because he still has over 150,000 chips and is at the right end of the chip counts.