2014 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$254,891
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,061,970
Entries
389
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

"I Just Made a Straight Flush?"

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Stewart Newman
Stewart Newman

Phil Galfond opened for 6,000 on the button and Stewart Newman announced that he was all in for 63,000. Galfond hit the tank debating what to do, and commented that he had a "pretty hand." Eventually he called.

"I don't think I want a pretty hand to call," Newman admitted. Indeed, he was in bad shape.

Galfond: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Newman: {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}

"That's a good flop for you," Galfond said after the {8-Spades}{9-Spades}{j-Spades} flop gave Newman the lead with jacks. The {10-Spades} turn improved him to a straight flush, and he was shipped the double after the {5-Hearts} was put out on the river.

"I just made a straight flush?" Newman asked rhetorically. "That's pretty silly."

Player Chips Progress
Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
210,000
-65,000
-65,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Stewart Newman us
Stewart Newman
130,000
67,000
67,000

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