2010 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$625,872
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,910,500
Total Entries
4,345
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 4,345

Triple Up & Out for Fujita

A bunch of people were standing around a table in a someone's-all-in sort of way - but what really drew our attention was the fact that two of the onlookers were tournament directors.

It turned out that there was a three-way all in showdown, of which we managed to catch the tail end. The cards looked like so:

Board: {4-}{j-}{a-}{3-}{10-}

Player 1: {a-}{9-} for a pair of aces
Player 2: {k-}{j-} for a pair of jacks
Player 3, soon to be identified as one Barret Y. Fujita: {4-}{4-} for a set

Fujita tripled up to 8,500, Player 1 who had also been all in received just the 1,200 side pot, and Player 2 who was a rather larger stack just took the small hit quietly.

What really made this interesting, though, is that as soon as Fujita had raked in the pot, he was issued with a 10-hand penalty for exposing his hand while there were still people to act. He strolled off, presumably wondering how much of his stack will remain when he is readmitted to the game.

Tags: Barret Fujita