"That's Fair"

Leo Palermo open-shoved for 180,000 out of the cutoff, Keven Stammen re-shoved for 445,000 on the button, and both players in the blinds folded.

Palermo:
Stammen:

"That's fair," Stammen chuckled at the sight of Palermo's hand.

Oh, if he only knew.

The dealer rapped the felt and delivered a flop of . Stammen could no longer win the pot, but a chop was the most likely scenario unless the turn and river both produced spades.

The turn was a spade - the - and the table fell silent for the brief period before the dealer revealed the river. It too was a spade - the - and Palermo's freeroll turned into a full double.