In this World Series of Poker match, Carter Gill was sure he had the win. ESPN even calculated his odds of winning as 93-7, an amazing place to stand with only one last river card to turn over.
But Gill got cocky, as he figured his only way of losing was if a queen was turned as the river card.
“All you need is a queen,” he kept repeating with a smile to his opponent Paredes.
But this is poker, anything is possible. As they say, don’t count your chickens…