In a battle that occurred just after the dinner break of Day 6 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, James Alexander tangled with Nicolas Le Floch. In the hand, Alexander 4bet all-in before the flop with just A-8 and, after a minute in the tank, Le Floch made the call with A-Q and seemed poised for a double up.

However, this is the Main Event and anything can happen, right?

Just like you might have guessed, it wasn’t meant to be for the Frenchman, who watched in agony as the flop came 8-7-5, giving Alexander top pair, but a 6 on the turn gave the possibility of a chop. The river was a bullet, however, giving Alexander aces-up and the win and sending Le Floch away in 35th place for $229,000. Talk about a bad beat!

Prior to that hand, Alexander built his chip stack after checking on the river of a board that showed Q-10-9-7-2. Alexander tabled pocket threes, which was out in front of the A-J offsuit belonging to Sylvain Loosli. The hand moved Alexander to 5.5 million in chips and, after he eliminated Le Floch, Alexander was up to 11.1 million in chips, good for the third largest stack in the Amazon Room. He was one of just four players to cross 10 million in chips as of that point.

Alexander hails from Edinburg, Texas and joined David Benefield as the lone representatives of the Lone Star State when the field had been trimmed to 32. The 2013 WSOP Main Event was Alexander’s first in the money finish in a WSOP tournament. He ultimately took 19th place for $285,000 and was the final elimination before the Day 7 dinner break.