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  Frankie O'Dell was in charge of the World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker during season five until Joe Pelton came along. Frankie was the chip leader before the final table, at the start of the final table, and all the way through the final table, until it got down to heads up with Joe.



  Joe was a youngish businessman from California who was new on the poker scene. He had won a $500 satellite to this event, and here he was running with the pro players at the final table. He had coolly and calmly bluffed his way into chip position and now was putting the pressure on Frankie, running over him with raises and all in re-raises. Frankie was starting to lose his cool on the inside. So when Joe made another raise pre flop, Frankie couldn't take it anymore.



  Joe looked down to:





... and made a raise to $400k. He had done this two hands prior and Frankie was forced to fold. The prior hand Frankie had tried a $390k raise and then Joe moved all in, and Frankie was forced to fold. This time, Frankie saw a wired pair and moved all in himself. His:





... was good enough, but Joe didn't hesitate and called.



  Frankie was in a slight lead but it was a coin flip situation. The race to the river got started with a flop of:





... and Frankie's face fell. The normally stoic Joe was aglow, and now Frankie went from ahead to behind, needing to catch a Six to win.



  The turn was:





... and the river was:





... and just like that, the amateur player had moved into the annals of WPT history and was an instant millionaire.