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After I caught the last hand put in the blog, I started walking towards my computer to write it up. In the arena hallway, I ran into a good friend, Rasmus Lundström. Lundström, who finished fourth in the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition, arrived to the casino roughly 30 minutes ago, and we had a small chat. Right in the middle of our conversation, I heard someone yelling, “Royal Flush, baby!” I asked Lundström to excuse me as I ran towards the scream.

I arrived at Table 12, and I saw that Wesley Wiemens was leaving the table, as the dealer pushed the chips towards Cristian-Mugurel Tamas. All cards were still displayed on the table, and after snagging a quick picture, I asked Tamas to walk me through how the hand was played.

Shaun Decesare opened to 2,400 UTG. Tamas (Lo-jack) and Tayfun Rodoplu (Hi-Jack) both made the call before Wiemens made it 9,000 from the Cut-off. Tamas was the only player who made the call.

Action went check-check on the T♦A♥Q♥ flop. The action repeated itself on the T♥ turn. Tamas forced Wiemens all-in for roughly 50,000 on the 5♣ river. Wiemens snap-called.

Cristian-Mugurel Tamas: K♥J♥
Wesley Wiemens: A♦A♣

Hitting a royal flush is always a good feeling, but one has to feel for Wiemens, who experienced a bad beat to say the least. According to table-mate Christopher Barclay, this was the second Royal Flush of the day.

Cristian-Mugurel Tamas: 196,000
Wesley Wiemens: 0