2013 World Series of Poker

Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$454,424
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,819
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

"The Sickest Runout Ever"

We walked by a table and found two players staring in astonishment at a straight flush on the board. With the {7-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Spades}{10-Spades}{j-Spades} spread neatly across the table, this confrontation ended in a chopped pot, but the man holding {A-Spades}{6-Spades} jokingly asked if he could play the low end while describing the runout as the "sickest ever."

His opponent was glad that the answer was in the negatory, as his {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} had just dodged destruction by hitting perfect-perfect, in an occurence our Poker Odds Calculator shows to be just a 0.1% likelihood.

Judging by the last few hands we've witnessed, pocket rockets just might not be the hand to play here on Day 1 of this $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event.