2011 World Series of Poker

Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$455,356
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,601,000
Entries
2,890
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

From Sure Chop to Crushing Defeat

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

With players pushing chips around the table everywhere we look, one all-in hand we witnessed appeared to be uninteresting initially.

One player had raised to 4,500 from early position and an opponent in the hijack reraised to 15,000. The original raiser quickly moved all-in for 45,000 more and, just as quickly, his opponent announced a call. The early position player showed down the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}, while the hijack revealed his {A-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

A chopped pot was all but assured, but when the flop came {7-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, the hijack player stood up in anticipation, hoping more clubs were on their way.

The turn card came {3-Clubs} and now the whole table was watching and waiting to see if justice would be done.

River: {Q-Clubs}

The club on the river hit the early position player like a ton of bricks, and his entire stack was shipped across the table while he sat helplessly and watched. The winner of the hand was so stunned by his victory that he couldn't even summon his name when asked. The mystery man now holds a decent stack of nearly 100,000 and, if this hand is any indication, he has a horseshoe and some rabbit's feet hidden somewhere as well.