Kovac-uation

You have to feel for Josef Kovacs. He played it absolutely right, and, owing to the third player who'd also stuck in around 40,000 before Kovacs shoved and Jörg Kleindienst called, was on the verge of winning a massive pot and more than doubling up.

Kovacs: Kh Kd

Kleindienst: 8c 8h

But oh deary me...

Board: 3c 8d As Js 2s

Kleindienst flopped a set, and it was all over for Kovacs. He stood behind his former seat for some time, not quite able to believe it. Here he is, pictured gazing up at the ceiling, presumably hoping for some kind of explanation or reversal of time or something from the poker gods. None was forthcoming, though, and he was still lamenting his bad luck to the TD as he signed for 22nd place money some minutes later.