Hand #87: Bien Mai Dramatically Doubles Thru Jose Catela; "You Will Never Forget That Seven"

Photo:  Bien Mai celebrates when he spikes a seven on the river to stay alive.

HAND #87  –  Matthieu Lamagnere raises under the gun to 325,000, Bien Mai moves all in from the cutoff for 1,850,000, and Jose Catela moves all in over the top from the big blind for 4,200,000. Lamagnere folds.

Mai turns over , but he needs to improve to stay alive against Catela’s .

Catela actually leaves the table to stand about 50 feet away near the exit and listen to the announcer from a distance.

Mai loudly calls out for a seven on every street as the board comes , and Mai explodes in celebration when a seven falls on the river to give him a set of sevens to double up in chips.

Bien Mai  –  4,250,000  (28 bb)
Jose Catela  –  2,350,000  (16 bb)

Catela returns to the table after the hand and says, “That’s why I love this game. That’s poker.”

Catela fist-bumps Mai to congratulate him on the double-up and says, “You will never forget that seven.”

Photo:  Jose Catela (center, in blue) waited for the results of the hand from a distance.