07-09-2008 17:15 UTC-8

When One Out is All You Need

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Brett Richey and Jimmy Wong got all the money in before the flop with Richey's {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{J-Hearts}

in trouble against Wong's {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Spades}

. But Richey was in the direst of straits after the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

flop. His best chance to win was to spike a single card, the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

. If the board didn't pair and the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

didn't come on the turn or river, he'd lose the hand. That was the only card that could save the day all by itself, the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

. Have I made my point, or am I being too subtle?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be shocked, shocked, to learn that on the turn Richey did indeed catch the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

. Wong still had outs to reverse that brutal suckout but instead it was the {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

that fell on the river, and he was eliminated. Richey is now up to 165,000.