2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$123,180
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$494,700
Entries
510
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Doing the Ali Shuffle

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Chris Ali
Chris Ali

The under-the-gun player opened for 1,900 and Chris Ali called from middle position. When action reached Nader Wahdan on the button, he simply moved all in for approximately 30,000. The blinds both folded, as did the original raiser, and Ali hit the tank.

"I know what you have," Ali explained.

"No one knows what I have, not the way I play," Wahdan said with a laugh.

"I should go with my gut," Ali responded. It looked as if Ali was going to fold, but all of a sudden he spiked in his stack of 17,600.

Ali: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Wahdan: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

It was a flip, and Ali was looking to hold. He failed to do so on the {2-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{9-Clubs} flop, but fortunately for him he was the only one with a club, which locked him up the hand when the {10-Clubs} peeled off on the turn. The meaningless {J-Spades} was put out on the river, and Ali was shipped the double.

"I knew it was a race," Ali said after the hand. "Did I want to risk 25 big blinds?"

Tags: Chris AliNader Wahdan