Mathieu Legault: Saved by the River

The board reads , and Mathieu Legault is packed up and ready to leave the table as he runs his bottom set of fives () into Denis Cyr’s middle set of queens ().

All of a sudden, the  hits the felt on the river and another player at the table exclaims, “Jesus Christ, that’s terrible!” as Legault sits back down after he hits a one-outer to stay alive in this tournament.

Cyr shakes his head and cuts out chips to pay Legault.

Mathieu Legault – 42,000 (84 bb)
Denis Cyr – 25,600 (51 bb)