2018 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$644,224
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$5,130,000
Entries
5,700
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
100,000

Stout Needs the River

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

The player in mid-position raised to 400 and Matt Stout called in late position. The player in the hijack three-bet to 1,500. The initial raiser folded and Stout called.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, and Stout bet 2,000. The hijack raised to 5,000 and Stout snap-shoved for 9,175 in total, His opponent instantly called with the bigger stack.

Matt Stout: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Hijack: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

Stout had flopped two pair and his opponent had an overpair and straight draw.

The turn brought the {k-Clubs} to give the hijack her straight but the river ended that fairy tale as it was the {10-Spades} to give Stout a full house, tens over nines, to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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