2010 World Series of Poker

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

Wattel Hangs On

A player raised to 325 from the cutoff seat, the button folded, and the small blind called. Mike Wattel then reraised all in for his last 1,200 total. The player in the cutoff considered for a minute, then let his hand go. The small blind also took about a minute to decide what to do, and he chose to call.

Wattel showed {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} while his opponent turned over {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The board came {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, and Wattel survived.

The original raiser exhaled as if disappointed after seeing the board. "Your junk would have made a straight?" he was asked by a player not in the hand. He shook his head. "Ace-six," he said, to which Wattel said "Good fold" with a smile.

Wattel now has a little over 2,700.

Tags: Mike Wattel