2009 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jq
Prize
$657,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

This Aint Indian Hold'em!

You cover enough poker tournaments and you see some strange things. As we were checking in on PokerNews photographer Filipe Pacheco, we witnessed the following hand.

Pacheco was in the big blind for a flop that came down {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {5-Hearts}. After the small blind checked, Pacheco led out for 425. A player two seats to his left raised that bet to 1,250. The small blind called and then things got wonky.

The player who raised the flop tried to do... something... with his hands. We're not sure what. Regardless, his cards stuck to his hands and were flashed to the whole table.

A floor was summoned, who ruled that the hand was live but had to played face up. The raiser showed {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} for a flopped set of fives, drawing a fold from Pacheco. The small blind was still in the pot for a turn of {10-Clubs}. He check-called another bet of 1,200 from the player with the open set of fives.

The river was checked down, with the set of fives taking down the pot.