A Pretty Good Miss
Carter Phillips has been hidden in plain sight all day and started a recent hand with about 60,000 in chips. He opened pre-flop for 1,200 from middle position and was called by the big blind. That player led into Phillips for 1,500 on a king-high flop, . Phillips called to the turn, a board-pairing . His opponent bet 3,000 and again Phillips called.
The river was the . Phillips' opponent fired a last bet of 5,000 that Phillips called.
"I missed," said the other player. He opened -- not a miss at all, but actually a five-high straight that Phillips couldn't beat.