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

And the Crowd Goes Wild

A player over at Table 16 stood up and loudly celebrated repeatedly saying, "Yes, yes, yeahhhhhh!" This inspired others in the room to starting imitating the player, which in turn inspired even more players. Pretty soon the entire tournament area was cheering for the man as he shot up his arms in triumph.

What caused such a commotion? Turns out the man was all in with {9-Diamonds}{5-Spades} on a {4-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop. His opponent held {2-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for the flopped straight and our hero was in big trouble. Lucky for him, the turn was the {7-Clubs} and the river the {8-Hearts} to give him a higher straight and the double up.