Matt Tyler had his stack up to 18,000 before he got into a pot with an unknown player. Matt raised pre-flop in position with "not much of a hand" and was called. He then bet out on a king-high rainbow flop and was called again. After checking behind on the turn, his opponent again checked a "blank river" and then called Matt's pot sized bet with K-4.
After the hand, Matt said: "I actually thought he was stronger than that but would not call. I obviously picked the wrong customer".
After that 8,000-plus pot, Matt is still healthy with 13,500 in chips.