Christmas Comes Early
Catching the action on a flop of , the pot had already swelled to over 10,000, with a bet or raise of 8,200 in front of Dutchman Thierry van den Berg.
His opponent thought for several minutes before sliding his entire stack across the line. Van den Berg couldn't shout out "call!" any faster as he revealed for top set and the nuts. We thought his opponent may have had kings or perhaps queens, but instead he opened one of each - for an adventurous move that was going to need a lot of help.
The player actually picked up some outs with the turn but the river bricked the . Van den Berg couldn't believe his good fortune as he stacked up 77,300 chips and sent his opponent to an early exit.