WSOP Gold: Royal Flush beats Quad Aces on the River

Last week, we brought you the statistically worst World Series of Poker bad beat of all-time. It involved Bryce Yockey, 2-7 Triple Draw and a 0.16% chance from the flop.

Was it the most dramatic, however? What about the most unlikely scenario that could lead to a showdown between the two biggest hands in poker? Well, that hand happened back in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event.

The hand in question possibly only ever made it to screen because of the presence of actor Ray Romano, who starred in Everybody Loves Raymond and who played the WSOP Main Event for five consecutive years between 2007 and 2011 as well as in both 2013 and 2015.

Romano is sitting two seats to the left of Justin Phillips in the hand, which had already reached the river on a board showing Ah-9c-Qd-Td-Ad. As the on-camera action begins, the commentary team announce that Motoyuki Mabuchi has already made a bet, and we then see Justin Phillips raise that bet.