Two Cards To Win
After doing this for so long, it's pretty rare we see something that we've never seen. Today is our lucky day.
The action began with a player in middle position opening with a standard raise, and Tommy Vedes three-bet shoved for just more than 11,000 total on the button. That's important. As he told it later he "didn't expect a call," but the call came and the initial raiser showed 
. Vedes turned over the 
. That's all. It was the only card he was dealt, and only now did he ask for another card. The dealer slid it across the felt, and it was... the 
.
The board ran out 
, and Vedes' queens up earn him the double. There was some debate over the legality of the move, and the floor was called over for a chat. The hand was run past the supervisor as well, and both men ruled that Vedes already had a claim to that top card on the deck, and it was therefore his. The hand stood, and Vedes is back to 24,000.