I Like Big Bets and I Cannot Lie
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With around 40,000 in the pot by the river of the
board, a massive and decidedly untidy pile of chips lay across the line in front of Laak, enough to easily cover Rory Matthews who had just 19,500 behind."I wish I hadn't hit," sighed Matthews, "Then I wouldn't have to make a decision."
"Well, I'm pot-committed," deadpanned Laak.
Eventually, Matthews passed -- showing
for the backdoor flush. Some uproar as Laak mucked and raked in the pot -- Dag Palovic thought the belonged to Laak, and Will Kassouf claimed to have seen the 
in Laak's hand. "Was that the king of clubs?" he asked, a little hysterical. "I don't know," lied Laak. "The king of clubs was right there," Kassouf refused to give up.This went on for some time. "Don't gimme the bullshit, you know I slack off," Laak was saying some minutes later. "I like big bets on the river if I think it's gonna work or if I have the nuts."
"So which was it?" asked Kassouf.
"I always have the nuts."