WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$3,970,415
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Entries
639
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000

Hollis Stabler Eliminates Ted Forrest

How does a situation arise where someone busts out in the first 20 minutes of a tournament with 50,000 in starting chips and blinds of 50-100? When somebody accidentally bets the wrong chip.

Hollis Stabler had pocket queens, and when he reraised preflop, he accidentally used a 10,000 chip, which was much higher than he planned. Ted Forrest called, and after a flop of K-rag-rag, all of the money went in the pot. Stabler showed his queens, but Forrest had pocket aces.

Forrest was ahead, but Lady Luck was sitting with Stabler, as another queen showed up as his salvation on the river, cracking Forrest's aces. Forrest went home as Stabler took the early chip lead with about 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Hollis StablerTed Forrest