2010 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$381,922
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,890,000
Entries
1,397
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Brett Shaffer Eliminated in 6th Place ($56,446)

Brett Shaffer - 6th Place
Brett Shaffer - 6th Place

Brett Shaffer opened to 80,000 from the cutoff and Jeffrey King defended his big blind.

The flop fell {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{j-Spades} and King checked to Shaffer who continued for 150,000. King grabbed a giant stack of green T25,000 chips and pushed them forward effectively putting Shaffer all in.

"Alright," Shaffer said. "I'm all in."

King put out some extra chips just in case, and the hands were turned over:

Showdown
Shaffer: {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
King: {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Both players were drawing, but Shaffer was ahead at the moment with ace-high. The {k-Hearts} on the turn was a blank, but the {q-Diamonds} on the river gave King a winning pair of queens.

Shaffer stared at the board for a bit, shellshocked at what had just happened. He eventually collected himself, shook some hands and headed to the cage.

With that knockout, King is now our clear chip leader with 2,740,000 chips.

Tags: Brett ShafferJeffrey King