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Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000-12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000
2-7 Triple Draw
The action was picked up after the first draw, where Anderson Ireland bet in the small blind and Shaun Deeb called in the big blind. They each then took two cards before Ireland check-called a bet from Deeb.
On the final draw, they both exchanged one card, after which Ireland check-called another bet from Deeb.
Deeb showed down 9x7x4x3x2x for a smooth nine-seven, beating the 9x7x6x5x4x of Ireland.
"That's why I'm the best!" Deeb exclaimed as he raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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420,000 | |
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300,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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A-5 Triple Draw
Jacob Hamed opened from the cutoff and Jon Kyte defended from the big blind. Both players drew two.
After the first draw Kyte checked and Hamed bet. Kyte raised to two bets and Hamed called, drawing one while Kyte stood pat.
Kyte bet after the second draw and was called by Hamed. Both players stood pat for the final draw.
With no draws remaining Kye check-called a final bet from Hamed. Kyte had a seven with 7x6x5x3x2x but Hamed had a better seven with 7x6x4x2xAx to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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453,000
268,000
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268,000 |
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195,000
57,000
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57,000 |
A-5 Triple Draw
Ryan Hoenig raised in the cutoff and Yuebin Guo three-bet from the big blind. Hoenig called and drew two cards after Guo stood pat.
Guo bet and Hoenig called after which Hoenig changed one card. A bet and call followed, and both players stood pat on the final draw.
Guo still bet and Hoenig tossed in a quick call. Guo tabled 6x5x4x2xAx for a six-low and added some more chips when Hoenig mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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730,000
320,000
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320,000 |
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410,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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Mark Fraser opened from the hijack and found a call from Russell Clayton who was in the small blind. Clayton drew two while Fraser took one.
After the first draw Clayton check-called a bet from Fraser and drew another two while Fraser stood pat.
Fraser bet again when checked to after the second draw and this time Clayton opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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540,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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195,000
104,000
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104,000 |
2-7 Triple Draw
The action was picked up on the second draw, where Kenneth Po took two cards from the small blind and Christopher Adams exchanged one under the gun.
Po then check-called Adams' bet and drew one card before Adams stood pat.
After the final draw, Po checked, Adams bet, and Po raised. Adams took his time to think things through, but ultimately folded his hand as more chips were shipped in Po's direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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666,000
86,000
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86,000 |
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430,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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260,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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140,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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445,000
345,000
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345,000 |
Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!
