A Great Dealer

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Our big-pot bugle (a.k.a. Phil Laak) alerted us to a "three-way minimum" all-in on the table nearest the bar, the decision resting on Surinder Sunar on the button who was contemplating joining the party and throwing his remaining 2,750 into the mix.

With reluctance, Sunar made the fold and three sets of cards were revealed, Ollie Nelson ( {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} ) and Freddy Deeb ( {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} ) in need of divine assistance against the small blind's {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} .

For Deeb at least, the Poker Gods were wide awake as the flop came {4-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} to send him into the lead with three knaves. Although the {9-Diamonds} turn teased a cheeky flush, the river bricked out with the {6-Spades} and Deeb tripled through.

As Simpson and a stunned small blind rose from their seat, a disgruntled Sunar revealed that he folded a would-have-been-triumphant {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} . But you have to be in it to win it, and that mantle ultimately went to the two-time bracelet winner. He was all in for 6,175, and now has around 20,000 as a result.