2011 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q987
Prize
$292,825
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,445,850
Entries
1,071
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Vilkke Smooth

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Juha Vilkki raised from early position to 2,000. The player two to his left had about 16,000 behind and made a re-raise to 7,200. Action folded to the big blind who moved all in for about 22,000. Vilkki made the call, as did the player behind him and all three hands were turned up.

Vilkki: {j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}
Opponent 1: {k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Opponent 2: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

Vilkki didn't exactly have the best of it against his two opponents but still had a chance them both out. And the flop would get him all the way there when it landed {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. The nut straight would hold when the {6-Hearts} and {7-Diamonds} completed the board and Vilkki shipped the pot.

The table was very surprised when he showed his hand and even more surprised when it won. They playfully gave him a hard time about it after the other two players left. When PokerNews asked him to spell his name, the man sitting to his immediate left interrupted and said "D-O-N-K-E-Y!" Vilkki just laughed, something not hard to do when you're stacking a tournament leading 135,000 chips.

Tags: Juha Vilkki