And Thien There Was One

We caught the action on the river of the {j-Spades} {6-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {q-Clubs} board, with a gentleman in mid-position snap-shoving for 40,000 into a 60,000 pot. Thien Nguyen in the cutoff tanked up for a long, long time, and then called, turning over {10-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for a straight. His opponent was furious.

"Nice slowroll," he said, flashing {j-Hearts} {j-Diamonds} before storming off.

Nguyen raked in the huge pot, and it turned out it wasn't really a slowroll - he'd really been concerned that his opponent could had been holding {k-} {10-} for the higher straight. More of a nitroll, perhaps.