2011 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
$82,292
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$382,500
Entries
850
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Alex Alashkar Makes Sick Call

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

From early position, Alex Alashkar raised the pot to 2,550. The hand folded around to a player in the big blind who raised to 9,550 which at the time was more than half of his stack. Alashkar tanked for about a minute and called.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs} and after almost no thought the big blind player went all in for his remaining 7,000. Alashkar snap called and flipped over {Q-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. The big blind said, "Wow, sick call" and turned over {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

After the {J-Hearts} came on the turn, the players were set to split the pot and Alashkar confidently boasted about his read saying, “I knew you’d make a move on the flop, I just had a hunch.”

The river came an inconsequential {10-Diamonds} and the players split the pot and moved on.

Alashkar is sitting middle of the pack with about 30,000.

Tags: Alex Alashkar