2019 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$296,227
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,071,600
Total Entries
114
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 114

Chen Eliminated by Epstein After Momentary Confusion

Level 10 : 0/0, 1,500 ante

On a {8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop Alex Epstein checked to James Chen who bet 5,000. Epstein check-raised to 20,000 and Chen re-raised all in for around 35,000. Epstein called.

James Chen: {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Alex Epstein: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river {9-Clubs} gave Chen two pair. Epstein let out a frustrated noise and the pot was awarded to Chen. However, before the next hand the players at the table realised that Epstein had in fact rivered a straight, with his ace doubling as the bottom end of a nine-high straight.

The floor was called and the pot was awarded in Epstein's favour sending Chen to the rail.

Tags: Alex EpsteinJames Chen