Everybody has one. The dangerous beat story that they will’t recover from. The one they inform at each residence recreation. They have been deep in a match with a ton of cash to the winner, and somebody two-outs them, or hits runners.
Regardless of the story is, Ricky Landais can one-up it.
Final evening, Landais busted in twenty second place within the $10,000 GGMillions on the 2026 World Sequence of Poker. However it’s unlikely the $41,942 will console him after what brought about his exit.
Landais was short-stacked and all in preflop with A♠Ok♣ in opposition to CoinPoker ambassador Bobby James‘ A♦9♠.
The Flop Will get A Re-Do
The vendor burned a card and went to show over the primary three group playing cards. Nevertheless, a fourth one appeared.
The flop was Ok♦6♦5♦4♥. When the vendor was placing the playing cards face-down on the felt earlier than the reveal, two of them caught collectively. As she turned them over, it appeared as if the playing cards got here out so as, and the flop ought to’ve been Ok♦5♦4♥.
A flooring came visiting to the desk and dominated that the vendor will shuffle the 4 playing cards and randomly choose three for the flop. The fourth card could be used because the second burn card, in order that the pure flip and river are used for the hand.
Then, the Ok♦ was chosen because the burn card and the flop was 6♦5♦4♥. The unique flop would’ve practically sealed the pot for Landais, however now he nonetheless has to sweat operating straight or flush playing cards, and a 9.
The flip was the 8♥ and the river was the 7♣. James went runner-runner for a straight and James scooped the pot. You possibly can watch the complete hand within the clip beneath:
Taking Working Dangerous to the Subsequent Stage
A flooring needed to be known as over when a four-card flop was unfold whereas Ricky Landais was all-in and at-risk in opposition to Bobby James’ worse ace deep within the $10K GGMillions.
The ruling was appropriately determined.
The 4 playing cards have been scrambled face-down… pic.twitter.com/1Qhd14jDCP
— WSOP – World Sequence of Poker (@WSOP) June 4, 2026
WSOP Flooring Dominated Accurately
The hand went viral on social media and dialogue broke out round what the precise ruling needs to be.
World Poker Tour government tour director Matt Savage tweeted that the WSOP made the precise resolution.
A nasty beat-Sure
A nasty ruling-No
The previous rule was to shuffle all 4 playing cards again in with the remaining stated the deck. The @PokerTDA added the 4 card flop rule about 14 years in the past. https://t.co/eTG8vSN8Wy
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) June 4, 2026
However that didn’t convey any consolation to Landais, who took to social media to voice his displeasure.
“At the moment’s loss simply doesn’t sit proper with me,” he wrote. “Think about shopping for into the most important match of your life, taking a shot. Grinding days and experiencing a dream. At the moment’s outcome has actually left me feeling not comfortable with the sport and WSOP.”
Landais believed it was an incorrect ruling.
“I obtained a ruling that was not solely idiotic, however mindless,” he added.
WSOP Seems To Decrease Virality Of The Hand
It’s an unlucky scenario. Landais did nothing incorrect and wasn’t even “alleged to” lose the hand. However a vendor error in an enormous spot on a stay stream price Landais tens of 1000’s of {dollars} in fairness.
It is sensible that it could be the main focus of the poker world. However regardless of posting the clip from the corporate’s personal account, it seems they blocked others from sharing the footage.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED pic.twitter.com/eGDlVNqkzb
— Alex Duvall (@alexduvallin) June 4, 2026
Is it simply me that may’t see any WSOP-related content material on X anymore? pic.twitter.com/HECeM6bRcd
— bencb (@bencb789) June 4, 2026
On the opposite facet of the coin, James took the chips with him en path to a twelfth place end for $51,528.
Whereas Landais was taking a shot, James is seasoned at high-stakes. Final November, he streamed a wild high-stakes heads-up match on CoinPoker the place he netted $500,000.
Final evening ended with eight gamers remaining and they’re at the moment enjoying right down to a winner.
