Ryuta Nakai raised to 1,600 from early position and received a call from button, Chun Yin Lau. Small blind, Zhou Shou, then three-bet jammed his 26,000-chip stack, and big blind Hongye Shi, shoved behind.

Both Nakai and Lau got out of the way and the two were left to show down:

Zhou Shou: A J

Hongye Shi: A 7

"Seven," came a mischievous voice from the table, and the dealer seemed to be listening, fanning the 7 9 K flop and giving Shi the best of it.

Shou looked sick as the T T runout failed to save him, and he was sent back to the registration desk after a brutal beat.