2011 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
610
Prize
$557,435
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,800
Entries
3,752
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Brooklyn Gino Busts, But Is All Smiles Anyway

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

We caught up on a hand just in time to see Gino Coburn, who told us proudly that he's "from Brooklyn baby," pushing his stack into the middle for an all-in. He was called by one opponent and Brooklyn Gino, holding {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, seemed to know what he was up against, asking "you got the nuts?"

His opponent answered by silently turning over his {A-Hearts}{A-Spades} and Coburn was in bad shape. The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Gino was headed back to Brooklyn with a story to tell. As we hovered around the table waiting to ask the winner's name, Gino surprised us by coming right up and asking "what's this deal here, goin' up the blogs or somethin'?"

After informing him that the hand would indeed be featured on PokerNews, Gino Coburn only had one thing to say, telling us in typical Brooklyn style that "This is a great tournament here... I wanna thank the WSOP and everyone here for giving us old guys a chance to play with you young motherf---ers!" as he howled with laughter. Even in defeat, the competitors here at the Seniors Championship invariably come away loving every minute of their WSOP experience.

Tags: Gino Coburn