2010 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$570,960
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,459,000
Entries
3,844
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Lucky Guy

We rolled up on this one after preflop action had built a decent-sized pot and the flop showed {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The player sitting under the gun had put out a bet, and Scott Montgomery, with the button, had just announced he was all in. Montgomery's opponent took about twenty seconds, then made the call, committing most of his stack to do so.

Montgomery turned over {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} for top pair, a gutshot draw, and a backdoor flush draw. When his opponent showed his hand -- {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} -- the pair's tablemate Thierry Van Den Berg couldn't help but comment.

"Wow," he said.

The turn was the {K-Clubs}, giving Montgomery trips, and the river was the {2-Hearts}. "What a lucky guy," added Van Den Berg. Montgomery moves up to 32,000 after that one.

Tags: Scott MontgomeryThierry Van Den Berg