2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
107,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 AUD
Prize Pool
430,000 AUD
Entries
215
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Cracked Aces Send Watt to the Rail

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Back at the 2010 World Series of Poker, Simon Watt defeated Tom "durrrr" Dwan in heads-up play to win Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The victory gave Watt $614,248 in prize money, but more importantly to many in the poker world it kept the gold bracelet out of Dwan's hands. That's because Dwan had a famous bracelet bet, and by not winning it purportedly saved many notable players millions of dollars.

Watt, who hails from New Zealand, was in today's field seeking his second gold bracelet, but his hopes of doing so here in Event #2 just came to an end. His final hand was told to us secondhand, but apparently Watt busted with aces.

it happened when Tam Truong raised, Watt three-bet, and a call was made, which brought about a {10-}{9-}{4-} flop. After Truong checked, Watt bet and then called a check-raise. When a {5-} appeared on the turn, Watt called off his last 1,000 or so and discovered his pocket rockets were ahead of Truong's {q-}{j-} open-ended straight. Unfortunately for Watt, a {8-} on the river completed the said straight and his day came to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
9,000
Simon Watt nz
Simon Watt
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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