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stevesbets was looking to have a slight edge over Elky in the final of the WCOOP 25K Heads-up.   However when leading 377K to 262K in chips stevesbet overbet the pot by a huge margin.  It looked a likely misclick, and indeed that’s what stevesbet himself typed in the chat.   Here is the potentially crucial hand

 PokerStars Game #20418196886: Tournament #200800019, $25000+$500 Hold’em No Limit - Match Round VI, Level III (800/1600) - 2008/09/15 0:26:11 ET
Table ‘200800019 1′ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: stevesbets (377040 in chips)
Seat 2: ElkY (262960 in chips)
ElkY: posts small blind 800
stevesbets: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ElkY: raises 1600 to 3200
stevesbets: calls 1600
*** FLOP *** [3c Qs 8h]
stevesbets: checks
ElkY: checks
*** TURN *** [3c Qs 8h] [7d]
stevesbets: bets 4800
ElkY: calls 4800
*** RIVER *** [3c Qs 8h 7d] [5c]
stevesbets: bets 121600
ElkY: calls 121600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevesbets: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Queens)
ElkY: shows [3h 7h] (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
ElkY collected 259200 from pot
stevesbets said, “wow”
stevesbets said, “misclick”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 259200 | Rake 0
Board [3c Qs 8h 7d 5c]
Seat 1: stevesbets (big blind) showed [Ah Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: ElkY (button) (small blind) showed [3h 7h] and won (259200) with two pair, Sevens and Threes

stevesbets is good enough to recover, but a mistake such as this is easy to fester elements of tilt into even the most solid player’s game

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