Talesh Patel raised to 5,100 and his lone opponent piled in 49,000.
Action folded back to Patel and he contemplated for a few minutes, saying, “I know you think I’m weak, and I am.”
Eventually the $2,000 chip leader bonus swayed Patel into calling with the . He was behind his opponents , and it got worse when the flop gave his opponent a flush draw. The turn gave Patel three three more outs, and amazingly the gave Patel the winning straight!
Patel now sits with 250,000 and is in the running for the $2,000 bonus.