2011 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akjj832
Prize
$278,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,112,475
Entries
489
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Cantu Put Out of His Misery

Level 14

Stud 8/b

When we walked up to the table, Brandon Cantu was all in against both Marco Johnson and John Racener.

Cantu: (x-x) / {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{j-Spades} / (x)
Johnson: (x-x) / {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} / (x)
Racener: (x-x) / {7-Spades}{q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} / (x)

Johnson was leading the betting on fifth and sixth streets, and Racener was doing the calling. On seventh, both players checked.

"Pair of fives," Johnson announced, showing {5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}. Racener couldn't beat it, and Cantu still had to sweat his final card. He slapped his down cards over, showing {A-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts}.

"How did I f***ing miss that?!" Cantu yelled at the felt. He'll get half the pot for the low, but he's a bit peeved to not scoop it.

Cantu was left with about 5,000, and we saw him get eliminated just a moment later as we wrote this post.

Tags: Brandon CantuJohn RacenerMarco Johnson