We’ve seen an intense hand from the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event, a bad beat … and now we’ve got ourselves a memorable one that involves one of the riskiest bluffs I’ve ever seen.
This involves Nicholas Rigby and Ronald Jensen. Rigby had nearly 10 million in chips and Jensen had just over 5 million.
Jensen raised to 325,000 chips with a pair of Kings … and Rigby RAISED AGAIN with a 3-2 offsuit.
Now, let’s pause. I had to look this up, because why would Rigby do that with such a weak hand?
Per Poker News, that’s a combo he loves to play because the hand known in his native Pittsburgh as the “Dirty Diaper” is a thing for him: “Rigby’s friend continued to explain that they play the 3-2 game in Pittsburgh like others play the 7-2 game, where everyone at the table must ship a chip to a player who wins a hand with 7-2. In their case, the bounty is on for when a player takes down a pot with the 3-2.”
OK, fine, but why do it in The Main Event? And he played it earlier in the tournament!! Whatever! Onward!
Jensen raises again to 2.1M and Rigby calls.
The flop? It’s close to perfect: Ace-4-4. It gives Rigby a straight draw, but Jensen must immediately wonder if Rigby is holding an Ace, which would doom his pair of Kings. Jensen checks and Rigby bets 3.01M.
After considering it, Jensen folds and Rigby triumphantly showed his absurdly bad hand!
IT WORKED! Rigby didn’t end up winning it all but he took home $136,100 for his efforts in the Main Event. And that hand helped.
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