Were the supposed effects of Friday the 13th just delayed a couple of days? For one player on Table 12, it definitely seems to have been the case – but that turned out to be a good thing! The rest of the players on the table definitely seemed to agree.

The table was a $2/$5 table. Preflop action was pretty standard, with a raise to $35 and two callers – three players went to the flop.

The flop was dealt:

The first two players to act checked, then the player in the cutoff bet $60. Both of the other players called and the dealer laid out the turn: . Action checked around.

Next up came the river card: .

With the last of the community cards out, the action went wild. First to act was Matthew Y in Seat 5, who led out with a bet of $155. The player in Seat 8 – Pierre-Paul P – raised to $465, and the third player in the hand folded. Matthew was facing a raise – and chose to re-raise to $1,180 – which Pierre-Paul responded to with a raise all-in for $1,700. Matthew snap called – and by then everyone knew what was happening.

Matthew:
Pierre-Paul:

And with the showdown, the celebrations began!