Misread on the River for Langmann
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ah the hilarity that ensues when a player thinks he's busted out, but in fact he's made a flush! Team PokerStars Pro Florian Langmann got it in preflop with , dominating the button big stack's . So far so simple - the flop was safe, the turn, too, but on the river Langmann only saw the pair of nines and not the spade flush. He got up and politely prepared to take his leave, before it was pointed out to him that he'd won (and doubled up to 175k).
"I was just joking," he said unconvincingly as everyone chuckled.