2012 World Series of Poker

Event 1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$70,859
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$329,400
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Off Route for Routos

We don't exactly know what the action was preflop, but once we saw a whole table standing and staring at the board we came a running to see what was going on.

On a {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Spades} flop two players were all in and called by former chip leader James Routos. Routos held {k-}{k-} for a pair of kings. One of his opponents tabled {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} for a flush draw, and the final player in the hand showed {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a set of eights.

The set of eights were ahead for now, but there was still a turn and a river to see. With a {2-Clubs} touching down on fourth street the set of eights looked to be in good shape. The {10-Diamonds} river assured that the set of eights were indeed the best hand and the massive 30,000 chip pot was awarded to the winner.

Player Chips Progress
James Routos us
James Routos
4,900 -19,100

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