2013 World Series of Poker

Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Norbert Szecsi
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$345,037
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,100
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 2,100

A Lesson In Punting by AP Phahurat

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Alex Phahurat
Alex Phahurat

AP Phahurat had one of the biggest stacks in the room which was just about 50,000 but now it's experienced quite a bit of shrinkage. We didn't catch the hand, but Phahurat took to twitter to explain what happened to his monster stack:

Alex PhahuratWelp first punt of the summer, or in a while actually. 5b rip A3o btn vs co 1010 for 50k ... #didnotwin #braceletpunting

When we got to the table to count what was left of Phahurat's stack, he had shoved all in with a covering stack over another players all in. Everyone folded and the two were headed to a showdown.

All in: {K-}{10-}
Phahurat: {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The board rolled out {7-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades} giving Phahurat trips and the knockout blow, and he was able to recover a few of his lost chips. He's nowhere near where he once was, but every little bit counts.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Phahurat
15,000
35,000
35,000