Checking down the absolute Nuts

[C8H10N4O2]

I'm sorry, but no matter how badly I "wanted to show" a hand, I swear, I will never check down a royal flush if I'm last to act.
What makes this even better is player 2 had started playing overly aggressively, and Player 1 said he was going to catch him. How do you miss the opportunity to bet a royal flush!?

PokerStars Game Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/03/03 14:29:12 ET

Seat 1: Player 1 ($34.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Player 2 ($6.55 in chips)
Player 2: posts small blind $0.25
Player 1: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Player 2: calls $0.25
Player 1: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah Th Td]
Player 1: checks
Player 2: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Th Td] [6d]
Player 1: checks
Player 2: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ah Th Td 6d] [Kh]
Player 1: checks
Player 2: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Player 1: shows [7h Kc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Player 2: shows [Jh Qh] (a Royal Flush)
Player 2 collected $0.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1 | Rake $0.05
Board [Ah Th Td 6d Kh]
Seat 1: Player 1 (big blind) showed [7h Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 2: Player 2 (button) (small blind) showed [Jh Qh] and won ($0.95) with a Royal Flush

[DeadBabySoup]

that's retarded. if you want to show it that bad, show it after he folds.

[HeyKidMove]

Wow, that's bad. You can show a hand if the guy folds, and he could have value bet the river and more than likely would have gotten paid and had to show anyway.

[Aigyptos]

maybe he was disconnected?

or he wants to use metagame?

[C8H10N4O2]

He wasn't disconnected. I watched this hand go down, and he checked and chatted afterwards about the hand.

[Jed Hunter]

That is a bit ridiculous and I don't understand that one bit.

[GreaseStain]

it's just short stack donks playing like short stack donks

[travz21]

I'm sure he thought the other guy had trip 10's in the hole, beating his royal flush. It's a very understandable play by his part to check.

[willydasaint]

rofl to travs post and yeah dude obv these idiots have never played before and are sitting there with 8 dollars so im not too surprised by that