Nine-High Wins
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Folded around to Scott Davies in the small blind and he would limp. Patrick Mahoney checked the big blind and then the two played it down to showdown on a board. On the flop Davies led for 32,000 and Mahoney raised to 83,000. Davies called and then the two players checked the turn and river.
Mahoney looked like he went to slide his cards into the muck, but then Davies turned over for just eight-high. Mahoney then turned over his and won the pot with nine-high. Apparently, this wasn't in breach of Crown Perth's unique and controversial mucking rule, because Mahoney never took his hands off his cards.