Blake Kelso opened the action by moving all from early position in seat one. The table folded around to Alexis Belanger Lebel in the small blind who turned to Jeffrey Tebben in the big blind and asked for a count. Tebben shrugged and counted out about 535,000. Lebel then announced, "I'm all in". Tebben quickly folded and Lebel got the shock of his life.
"You didn't realize I was already all in, did you?" laughed Kelso, as Lebel dropped his head in dismay at his huge error.
Perhaps he didn't see the bet from the other side of the dealer, but there was no turning back now as the cards were tabled.
Kelso:
Lebel:
It would be a cruel blow for Kelso if he lost it in this fashion as he turned and ran away from the table, unable to watch. He didn't have to worry as the board ran out missing both players.
Kelso doubles through to 1.2 million in extraordinary circumstances as Lebel is now on the short stack with just 156,000.