2011 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$599,153
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,375,000
Entries
2,500
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Buffer - ing

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

A player from under the gun min-raised to 300. The player to his immediate left called as did Bruce Buffer in late position. The big blind came along as well and the {k-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop was seen by four players.

The first three opponents checked to Buffer who fired a near pot sized bet of 1,200. The player in the big blind folded and the preflop raiser thought for about a minute and decided to make it 3,800. Buffer called after the other opponent got out of the way.

The the turn was the {5-Hearts} and the player first to act moved all in for his final 4,400. Buffer hit the tank and began to think out loud. "I feel like you have a set of Eights here." After a couple of minutes he threw in the chips half expecting to be beat. His opponent showed {k-Spades}{q-Spades} and Buffer flipped over {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. The river bricked and Buffer was apologetic about his delayed call. He went over and shook the mans hand. He started explaining why he took so long to call but the man understood and left the table with a smile.

With that pot, Buffer now has 23,600 chips.

Tags: Bruce Buffer