2011 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$825,604
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,839,000
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Cantu Takes Markhot's First Bullet

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Brandon Cantu and Lee Markholt got it all in before the flop with Markholt the shorter of the stacks. He had {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}, flipping for double or nothing against Cantu's {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}, and Cantu's pair held up to earn him the pot. It moves him up to about 22,000 now (12,000 in chips plus two lammers), and Markholt was out of actual chips. He still had both of his rebuy chips, though, and he quickly cashed one of them in by yelling, "Rebuy!"

Tags: Lee MarkholtBrandon Cantu