2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
123
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♥10♣
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,693

The Bubble Bursts

We had one player who was down to just 300 and folded through two rounds of hand-for-hand, surrendering one of her precious black 100 chips with each ante. She was all in blind on the third hand and after two players limped into the pot they saw a {J-Spades} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} flop. One of the limpers checked, the other player pushed all his chips into the middle and the other limper folded.

That's when we saw that he'd flopped a full house with the {10-Hearts} {10-Spades} Everyone at the table was rooting for the all-in player to at least have a jack (even the player with the pocket tens was pulling for her) and she turned over the {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

A hand that offered a glimmer of hope when the {J-Diamonds} turned, giving her a straight-flush draw. With dozens of players crowding around the dealer finally turned over the {7-Clubs}, and she was given an honest ovation as she went out in 271st place. She didn't want to give her name and considering the circumstances, who can blame her?