Jack-High the Nuts for Dwan
Wow. Must be nice to win $250k in one hand, and even nicer if you don't have to have a made hand or hit your draw to do it.
They were three-handed with about $80k in the middle by the time the turn hit. The board read . After a check, Tom Dwan bet. Without missing a beat, Wang Qiang moved all in. There was a quick fold, and then a loooong pause while durrrr thought about just how much he wanted to gamble. But this is durrrr we're talking about, so of course he did. He made the call with for a naked flush draw. But turns out he didn't need another diamond. Qiang showed with a nervous giggle. Qiang had 12 outs, but the river wasn't one of them.
Dwan and Qiang were close in chips. Tom counted out his own stack and said he had $89,900. "The dealer will count," snapped Qiang. The dealer got the same number, then moved on to Qiang's stack. He only had $83,000, all of which went to Dwan.
It was under 30 seconds before Qiang had another $100,000 in front of him.