[Q_and_A]

The hand was misreported by poker news.

Clothier was on the button with a $16,000 TOTAL chip stack after posting and folding the $4,000/2,000/500 blinds and antes the previous two hands. Minieri was splashing around in most the pots, especially bubble pots, with his huge stack. Minieri UTG raised to $12,000. The hand was folded around to Clothier on the button who picked up KhKs. The pot contained $22,500 ($4,000/2,000 blinds with nine $500 antes) with Minieri's raise. Clothier had previously assessed the possibilities of folding into the money. Clothier knew that he would have to pass through the blinds again at least once before the bubble ended. If the big blind hit him a second time, he was out without winning a showdown. Folding into the money was possible, perhaps likely, but far from certain.

With Mineri's LAG play, Clothier belived an all in move on the button with KK would help solidify a place in the money and also allow for some spare chips to pick up a hand or two after the money. Clothier moves all in for $16,000. Wild in the small blind calls with QcQd. Not surprisingly, Minieri calls the additional $4,000. The pot is now $56,500.

The hand is then checked to the river. River is Kc. Wild, a huge 5/4 to 1 dog the whole way, runner runner rivers the nut flush. Wild bets the river. Minieri folds, admitting he has no club AND no Ace. Any river card but a Q or club nets Clothier a $56,500 pot.

With 20/20 hindsight, this was 4 of 14 bubble hands. If Clothier folds KK and isn't the #4 hand elimmination, how many more hands does it go past 15?. With 15 hands Clothier folds into the money with Approximatetely $5,000, good for 5 more hands untill his big blind. However, If Clothier wins the pot as a monster favorite, he's stacked at $56,500, cashing and looking for another double up in the money. This was not a donk all in river bet. It was a preflop all in bad beat.