Hand Doubles With "Beautiful" Pocket Nines En Route to Deep Sunday Kickoff Run
Fintan "easywithaces" Hand claimed to never win big pots with pocket nines, but that all changed on Sunday night in SCOOP 40-H: $530 NLHE Sunday Kickoff. Midway into the tournament, Hand got his stack in with pocket nines and found himself up against an inferior pair of sixes.
"Oh, it's beautiful," exclaimed Hand as he flopped a set. He faded a straight draw to bolster his stack.
Hand would eventually fall in 20th place from 519 entrants, turning his $530 into $2,274.
This event paused with 16 players in contention for the $46,089 top prize. Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic of Team Spraggy returns to the action from 5:30 p.m. BST on May 19 second in chips. Others to look out for on Day 2 include Jamie "Ship It 2010" O'Connor, Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson, Pedro "PaDiLha SP" Padilha, and Mathew "matfrankland" Frankland.