Everyone has one. The bad beat story that they can’t get over. The one they tell at every home game. They were deep in a tournament with a ton of money to the winner, and someone two-outs them, or hits runners.
Whatever the story is, Ricky Landais can one-up it.
Last night, Landais busted in 22nd place in the $10,000 GGMillions at the 2026 World Series of Poker. But it’s unlikely the $41,942 will console him after what caused his exit.
Landais was short-stacked and all in preflop with A♠K♣ against CoinPoker ambassador Bobby James‘ A♦9♠.
The Flop Gets A Re-Do
The dealer burned a card and went to turn over the first three community cards. However, a fourth one appeared.
The flop was K♦6♦5♦4♥. When the dealer was putting the cards face-down on the felt before the reveal, two of them stuck together. As she turned them over, it appeared as if the cards came out in order, and the flop should’ve been K♦5♦4♥.
A floor came over to the table and ruled that the dealer will shuffle the four cards and randomly select three for the flop. The fourth card would be used as the second burn card, so that the natural turn and river are used for the hand.
Then, the K♦ was selected as the burn card and the flop was 6♦5♦4♥. The original flop would’ve sealed the pot for Landais, but now he still has to sweat running straight or flush cards, and a 9.
The turn was the 8♥ and the river was the 7♣. James went runner-runner for a straight and James scooped the pot. You can watch the entire hand in the clip below:
Taking Running Bad to the Next Level
A floor had to be called over when a four-card flop was spread while Ricky Landais was all-in and at-risk against Bobby James’ worse ace deep in the $10K GGMillions.
The ruling was correctly decided.
The four cards were scrambled face-down… pic.twitter.com/1Qhd14jDCP
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 4, 2026
WSOP Floor Ruled Correctly
The hand went viral on social media and discussion broke out around what the right ruling should be.
World Poker Tour executive tour director Matt Savage tweeted that the WSOP made the right decision.
A bad beat-Yes
A bad ruling-No
The old rule was to shuffle all four cards back in with the rest said the deck. The @PokerTDA added the four card flop rule about 14 years ago. https://t.co/eTG8vSN8Wy
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) June 4, 2026
But that didn’t bring any comfort to Landais, who took to social media to voice his displeasure.
“Today’s loss just doesn’t sit right with me,” he wrote. “Imagine buying into the biggest tournament of your life, taking a shot. Grinding days and experiencing a dream. Today’s result has really left me feeling not ok with the game and WSOP.”
Landais believed it was an incorrect ruling.
“I received a ruling that was not only idiotic, but senseless,” he added.
WSOP Appears To Minimize Virality Of The Hand
It’s an unfortunate situation. Landais did nothing wrong and wasn’t even “supposed to” lose the hand. But a dealer error in a huge spot on a live stream cost Landais tens of thousands of dollars in equity.
It makes sense that it would be the focus of the poker world. But despite posting the clip from the company’s own account, it appears they blocked others from sharing the footage.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED pic.twitter.com/eGDlVNqkzb
— Alex Duvall (@alexduvallin) June 4, 2026
Is it just me that can’t see any WSOP-related content on X anymore? pic.twitter.com/HECeM6bRcd
— bencb (@bencb789) June 4, 2026
On the other side of the coin, James took the chips with him en route to a 12th place finish for $51,528.
While Landais was taking a shot, James is seasoned at high-stakes. Last November, he streamed a wild high-stakes heads-up match on CoinPoker where he netted $500,000.
Last night ended with eight players remaining and they are currently playing down to a winner.
