Lucky Lacay
The player in the hijack seat opened for 350 and got three callers -- the cutoff, the small blind, and Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. The flop came . It checked to the raiser who continued for 1,150, and only Lacay called.
The turn brought the . Both players checked. The river was the , pairing the board, and both checked once more.
Lacay's opponent tabled for two pair. Lacay turned over for the heart flush to claim the pot.
"Wow," said Liz Lieu afterwards, sitting a couple of seats to Lacay's right. "Ludovic got lucky!"
"I don't play as well as you do, so I need to get lucky," said Lacay with a wry grin. He pushes back close to 20,000 after that hand.