2011 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 5
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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

Fortin Spikes the Turn to Triple

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway

We're not sure how the preflop action went down, but a three-way all-in pot just developed that saw both Patrick Fortin and David Labchuk at risk against the big stack of Jonathan Frey.

Showdown
Fortin: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Frey: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}
Labchuk: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Labchuk had more than Fortin, so a side pot of 286,000 was at stake between him and Frey. The kings of Labchuk were out in front and the {2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop was relatively safe. However, the {7-Clubs} spiked on the turn to send Fortin celebrating.

"Red cardm" Fortin said after noticing three clubs on board. Sure enough, if a non-deuce club hit the river, Frey would scoop the pot. Luckily for both Labchuk and Fortin, the {5-Hearts} blanked. Fortin tripled on the hand while Labchuk took down the side pot.

"That was the first time I've been all in all tournament," Fortin confessed.

Tags: Patrick FortinJonathan FreyDavid Labchuk