2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦j♦
Prize
£144,218
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,500
Prize Pool
£615,000
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 410

Double K.O.

A short-stacked Ken Corkery (button) was all in preflop and looking to dodge two callers in Tim Pennington (big blind) and William Martin (UTG). However, the future looked bleak for the Irishman as his two foes commenced to form a monster of a side pot on a {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop. I believe Pennington check-raised Martin all in and was called, but either way, all the chips went in and the cards were on their backs:

Corkery = {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Martin = {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Pennington = {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Turn = {3-Hearts}, River = {7-Diamonds}

And in one fell swoop, Pennington eliminated two men to give himself a stack of 141,000 and a Cheshire cat grin a country mile long. Meanwhile, Corkery smiled, shrugged his shoulders and left, whilst Martin tapped the table and said, "I knew he didn't have a set, and I thought my ace was live too".

Tags: Ken CorkeryTim PenningtonWilliam Martin