2013 World Series of Poker

Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 3
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$1,774,089
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,336,000
Total Entries
132
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 132

Massive Three-Way Pot Sees Ashton Vault to Nearly 800K

Level 12
Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

Pot-Limit Omaha

We're not sure of all the details, but we do know a massive hand just went down over in the corner of the room. We arrived on the {4-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop to discover a three-way betting war created a nearly 900,000 pot with Todd Brunson and Matthew Ashton all in against Brandon Cantu.

Ashton: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Brunson: {5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Cantu: {7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs}{a-Spades}

To say it was an action flop would be an understatement. Brunson, who had the shortest stack, had flopped a wrap while Ashton, who was in for 307,000, had top set and a flush draw. Cantu, who had them both covered, was drawing to an open-ended straight and the nut flush draw.

A large crowd of players gathered around the table to sweat the action, but all the excitement came to a sudden halt when the dealer burned and turned the {4-Diamonds}, giving Ashton a full house and the guaranteed win. After the meaningless {3-Hearts} was put out on the river, Brunson exited the tournament area and Cantu shipped the vast majority of his chips to Ashton, who is now the chip leader.

Tags: Brandon CantuMatthew AshtonTodd Brunson