Joey Weissman has just become a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and this is how it went down.
Weissman raised to 240,000 and Jeremy Quehen made the call. The flop was and Quehen decided to lead with a bet of 350,000. The motion took Weissman a little by surprise but he made the call. The turn card was the and Quehen continued his assault with a 800,000 bet. Weissman was riffling a pile of orange 5k chips while he pondered his next move, which was to make the call. The final card in this amazing hand was the .
"2 million," said Quehen before moving four towers of green 25k chips across the line.
Back to Weissman and he really did look nervous. Then when everyone was expecting him to fold he announced that he was all-in. Quehen called instantly and Weissman threw the onto the felt and the whole place went nuts. Weissman was swarmed by his fans (and the dog) and he was so deep under we couldn't see him. What an amazing comeback from a man who had led for the entire day. Commiserations to Jeremy Quehen who we are sure we will see again in the very near future.
"Tonight we are getting fu**ed up!" Shouted Weissman's friend.
WSOP Bracelet Winner Joey Weissman & Revis, his service dog
The day started with 26 players all with the same subtly strong thought of “I could win a bracelet today”. Only one of those players didn’t get their hopes up, and that player was Joey Weissman.
We reached our ten-handed unofficial final table with the elimination of Stephen Reynolds. Ten-handed play didn’t last long with William Reynolds being crippled early on and eliminated shortly after. Once the eight players were reached play slowed down considerable, with most hands consisting of stealing the blinds and antes. Soon though the blinds rose up and players started to fall to the wayside. Konstantin Puchkov, Joshua Pedraza, Michael Gagliano, and Joe Gualtieri all took their exits and we found ourselves five handed.
Five handed play consisted of Weissman playing almost every hand and short stacks doubling up every so often. Five handed play couldn’t last forever though and we finally had an elimination when Bradley Lipsey’s queens ran into Weissman’s aces, causing Lipsey to be our fifth place finisher. A few hands later after Lipsey left, Philip Meulyzer was knocked-out. Twenty minutes after that saw the fall of Fernando Brito.
Joey Weissman came into the day with the chip lead and never looked back. Weissman’s day started off in the right direction, delivering the knock-out blow to the most feared player left in the tournament Vanessa Selbst. Weissman continued his rush, single handily knocking out Joshua Hillock and Mark Schmid. Weissman was involved in many pots early on, and had a reason to do so; he was winning almost every hand. A crowd of Weissman fans began to shuffle in little by little, and by the time the final table was reached Weissman couldn’t steal the blinds and antes without thunderous approval from the crowd. Weissman continued to put pressure on every single player throughout the day. Almost every hand came with a raise from Weissman, and players consistently folded to stay out of his way. If Weissman were to raise and get rebuffed by a three-bet he would fold, and come out of the gates raising again the next hand.
Once Weissman reached heads up play it looked as though he would be able to over power Jeremy Quehen like he had everyone else who played. Quehen was resistant though hovering around 3,000,000 for most of heads up play. Near the end of the last level of play though Quehen won a double up to put himself in better position. A few hands after that he exploited a flush and overtook the lead.
Then when it looked like Weissman was going to come up second best, he doubled up. Players were then basically even for the first time of the night. They wouldn't be even for long, as Weissman managed to get all his opponents chips in while holding the best hand.
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and Quehen decided to lead with a bet of 350,000. The motion took Weissman a little by surprise but he made the call. The turn card was the 
and Quehen continued his assault with a 800,000 bet. Weissman was riffling a pile of orange 5k chips while he pondered his next move, which was to make the call. The final card in this amazing hand was the 
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onto the felt and the whole place went nuts. Weissman was swarmed by his fans (and the dog) and he was so deep under we couldn't see him. What an amazing comeback from a man who had led for the entire day. Commiserations to Jeremy Quehen who we are sure we will see again in the very near future.
