Flushed Away
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The banter continues to flow on this final table, most of it deriving from current chip leader Farzad Rouhani who has just increased his lead courtesy of Yueqi Zhu and the small matter of an eight high flush.
Even as the first card was being dealt, the table talk commenced, Chambers asking for confirmation of Rouhani's card across the other side of the felt. "It's an eight," answers Rouhani. "No, in fact, it's a great eight. The best eight in the game so far."
With Chambers getting out of the way on an early street, it was left to Zhu to enter the battlefield, calling down Rouhani all the way, including a blind bet on the final street.
"I love this game," Rouhani would say. "I got you now."
Chambers =
Rouhani =
Zhu =
Before Rouhani showed what Zhu sensed would be the winning hand, Pappas exclaimed, "Don't turn them too quickly, I reckon I can tell you your hand."
In the end, Rouhani showed
and added, "Ah, my friend, you read real bad. You were close, but not close enough.""I knew you were straight flushing," claimed Pappas while Zhu quietly mucked.