2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$171,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$998,770
Entries
694
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Cooler We've All Been Waiting For

Level 31 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Both players have been playing small-ball poker and biding their time. It became apparent early on that a cooler hand would be about the only thing that would put an end to this match anytime soon, and we almost had such a hand.

It began when Justin Truesdell min-raised to 160,000 on the button, which he's prone to do, and Andrew Nguyen looked him up from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 250,000 and then checked the {9-Clubs} turn. Truesdell fired out 550,000, but this time Nguyen woke up with a check-raise to 1.3 million. Truesdell made a quick call and it was off to the {A-Spades} river.

Nguyen moved all in and Truesdell made another quick call. Nguyen rolled over {6-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for a full house, while Truesdell matched held the same full house (thanks to the river) with {6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Nguyen's king kicker was primed to win him a huge pot, but the river had different plans.

Tags: Andrew NguyenJustin Truesdell