Lucky Guy
We rolled up on this one after preflop action had built a decent-sized pot and the flop showed . The player sitting under the gun had put out a bet, and Scott Montgomery, with the button, had just announced he was all in. Montgomery's opponent took about twenty seconds, then made the call, committing most of his stack to do so.
Montgomery turned over for top pair, a gutshot draw, and a backdoor flush draw. When his opponent showed his hand -- -- the pair's tablemate Thierry Van Den Berg couldn't help but comment.
"Wow," he said.
The turn was the , giving Montgomery trips, and the river was the . "What a lucky guy," added Van Den Berg. Montgomery moves up to 32,000 after that one.