2013 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$518,755
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Total Entries
2,105
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,105

Amnon Filippi Nearly Finished After Brutal Cooler

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

A Texas Hold'em tournament is often decided when the game's premium hands clash, and Amnon Filippi just found himself on the wrong end of that equation.

Holding {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}, Filippi got his chips into the middle preflop, but he soon discovered that Everett Carlton held the goods: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}.

Bemoaning his fate by telling a friend at the other table "kings versus aces, f--k me," Filippi watched as the board ran out {j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{q-Hearts}, and despite picking up a few additional outs on the flop, he shipped almost every chip he had to Carlton in the next seat over.