The Final Hand of the Night
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As the cards were going out, the producer came onto the stage and announced that this would be the last hand. Armed with that knowledge, the table folded to Tom Dwan on the button. He limped in, Jamie Pickering completed the small blind and Phil Laak checked the big blind.
Action checked to Dwan on a flop of
. He bet $3,400 and was called only by Laak. A third diamond came on the turn, the 
. Laak check-called another $8,800.The river fell a seeming blank, the
. For the third time, Laak checked to Dwan. With $28,800 in the pot, Dwan put out a massive overbet of $62,200. Laak thought, and thought, and thought some more. After about two minutes, he said, "Alright, kid," and shipped in the chips necessary for a call. Dwan turned over 
and collected the pot. I guess that $200,000 loan that Laak took from the Bank of durrrr earlier in the evening is going to be outstanding a while longer.