It was 2004 and Annie Duke was about to win $2 million.

I'm all in.

And with that top-air Phil Helmuth going all in with his 450,000 chips,

Annie Duke put the pressure on Phil when she checked raised him.

This was the final hand of the World Series of Poker tournament of champions.

They had these incredible Hall of Fame players like Dora Branson,

who was a Hall of Famer, Johnny Chan, who was a Hall of Famer.

And then Phil Helmuth, who has the most championships of anyone in the history of the World Series of Poker,

and then there was me.

Annie calls the all-in.

And Phil sees what he's up against.

Annie and this guy Phil were the last two at the table.

And Annie has overcome with emotion seeing how close she is to winning this championship.

Annie's crying, Phil's standing up, pissing back and forth,

the dealers laying out the cards that will determine who wins.

Annie has control of his hand. Now here comes the turn. It's a seven. No help for Phil.

Annie was the only woman in this competition.

She had knocked out eight guys, eight of the best players in the world to get to this point.

Annie, Duke, is now one card away from two million dollars.

But I didn't really feel like I deserved to be at that table.

This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta.

Today we're going to take the whole podcast to tell you this story about being an outsider.

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