2011 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 2a
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Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠k♣
Prize
$8,715,638
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Total Entries
6,865
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,865

A Kingly Battle

We saw the ESPN TV crew rushing over to Johnny Chan's table so we followed and found Chan all in holding the {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} up against Shane Abbott's {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. The odds of two players being dealt the same pocket pair are around 135-to-1 but with flushes still possible Chan was still at risk.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} which did give Abbott outs to a runner runner flush, but the turn brought the {7-Hearts} securing a chop pot for the two players. After the meaningless {6-Clubs} fell on the river the pot was split up and Chan's stack was at around 26,000.

Tags: Johnny Chan