Tag: Cards

See the intense final 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event hand that gave Espen Jorstad the title

What a hand for the WSOP Main Event title!

We have a 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.

It’s Espen Jorstad, who went head to head against Adrian Attenborough and ended up with the champion’s bracelet … and $10 million.

And the hand that ended it all was pretty intense.

Let’s break it down: Jorstad started by calling with Queen-2 and Attenborough simply checked the big blind with Jack-4.

The flop couldn’t have been worse for Attenborough: 2-4-2 giving Jorstad three of a kind and two pair for his opponent. Jorstad simply bet four million, Attenborough raised to 14 million, Jorstad re-raised to 32 million and Attenborough called.

An 8 on the turn led to a check from Attenborough and Jorstad bet 62 million. Attenborough called.

The river? A QUEEN. Oh boy. That’s a full house for Jorstad. Attenborough is done for but doesn’t know it. He checks. Jorstad thinks about it and goes ALL IN. Attenborough calls, the cards get turned over … and Attenborough curses, knowing it’s all over.

Check it out (and WARNING: NSFW language in there!):

WOW.

[listicle id=1929280]

A World Series of Poker Main Event player made the smartest but toughest fold of a full house

What. A. Fold.

Sometimes, the best move in a poker tournament — especially the World Series of Poker Main Event, which is taking place as we speak — is to lay the cards down.

You don’t know it at the time, perhaps, but maybe when you look back at the televised hand, you realize it was the right call even if it was a rough one to go through.

That’s what happened with David Diaz.

The footage below picks up with Diaz holding Ace-Queen against Jeffrey Farnes, who has Kings in his hand. The board is King-2-Queen, and another Queen has been revealed on the turn. There are 11.6 million chips in the pot, and Diaz has 27.8 million to Farnes’ 28.15 million.

This could be a serious disaster. Diaz has three queens, but Farnes has a full house. Diaz bets four million chips and Farnes simply calls.

The river? Another 2. A full house with Queens for Diaz, but the Kings full from Farnes would beat his hand. Diaz thinks it over and bets seven million … and Farnes raises to 18.8 million. Alarm bells go off in Diaz’s head, it seems.

And then he folds.

WOW.

Diaz ended up in 13th place ultimately, and Farnes is still left at the final table!

[listicle id=1929280]

A wild World Series of Poker Main Event hand for 5.8 million chips has shocking ending

What a World Series of Poker Main Event hand to win!

The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event is getting down to the finalists, with — as of publishing this — just 35 players left after 8,663 entries. The winner will get $10,000,000!

But we’re not there yet. First, you have to see this wild hand.

With the big blind at 100,000 it starts with Haim Or Krief raising to 220,000 with a pair of Queens. The bad news for him: Gilbert Cruz has Aces. He raises to 540,000.

The worst news for Stanley Lee: He has Jacks. And when you have Jacks, sometimes, you can’t lay them down. And in Lee’s case? He raises all in for 1.84 million chips.

Or Krief and Cruz call, and the cards get turned over. Oh boy.

Here’s the thing: The flop is 5-8 of hearts-7 of hearts. And Or Krief has the Queen of hearts.

The turn? The 10 of hearts. WHOA. Suddenly, Or Krief has that flush draw … and the river is Ace of hearts.

Or Krief would eventually finished 60th, thanks in part to this moment.

[listicle id=1929280]

See the intense, monster 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event hand that won Koray Aldemir $8 million

What a hand, what a win!

Through all the wild hands, bad beats and some very wild moments, we have a 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event winner.

Koray Aldemir beat George Holmes to win a gold bracelet and a cool $8 million.

So how did he ultimately do it? The hand that won the whole thing was intense and pretty incredible.

Aldemir was ahead of Holmes in chips with over 205M to 194M. Aldemir was dealt 10-7 of diamonds, Holmes got King-Queen offsuit. Holmes raised to 6 million and Aldemir called.

The flop was a big one for Aldemir: A 10-2-7. He flopped two pair and Holmes might have felt pretty good thinking there wasn’t much that was dangerous on the board. Aldemir checked and Holmes bet 6 million again.

So how do you play this? Show too much strength and Holmes will fold. Aldemir raised to 19 million and Holmes called.

The turn was the nail in the coffin: A King. Hooooo boy. Holmes had what he thought was the top pair there … but little did he know that his hand was weaker.

Aldemir came out firing with 36.5 million, Holmes called.

The river was a 9 of clubs. Holmes was probably relieved it wasn’t another heart that would represent a possible flush for Aldemir, but maybe he wondered if there was a straight.

Aldemir checked … and Holmes went all in. Aldemir called AND HE’S A MAIN EVENT CHAMPION!

Whew, what a hand!

[mm-video type=video id=01fmqasqmth730w6nwh3 playlist_id=none player_id=none image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01fmqasqmth730w6nwh3/01fmqasqmth730w6nwh3-51f350b9e80f42998b8a0965a24063d4.jpg]

[listicle id=1226180]

The World Series of Poker Main Event final table leader won 136.5 million chips in wild hand

Whoa what a hand!

If Koray Aldemir wins the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event — he’s the chip leader heading into Wednesday night with three players, Jack Oliver and George Holmes are the others — he can look back on this hand as a huge reason why.

He’s currently at 264.6 million chips, far ahead of Oliver (77.3M) and Holmes (57.4). At the time of this hand, he had nearly 140 million.

Alejandro Lococo was dealt a pair of 10s and raised to 2 million. Aldemir had a pair of 9s and three-bet to 5.6 million, which Lococo called.

The flop? Two Jacks … and a 9. He flopped a full house! Lococo checked, and Aldemir decided to bet 3.9 million. Not a huge bet, but a small enough one to entice Lococo to throw in some money with two pair. Lococo called.

An 8 on the turn gave Lococo a straight draw, and he checked again. Aldemir threw in 11.4 million which got called.

The river? A harmless 3. Lococo with one more check … and Aldemir put him all in, which Lococo called. OOF.

Lococo was out and Aldemir is going into Wednesday night with a HUGE lead.

[listicle id=1226180]

A horrible had beat came at the worst time during 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event final table

Oh no, this is brutal.

And then, there were three.

Just a trio of players — Koray Aldemir, Jack Oliver and George Holmes — are left at the final table of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event. And although Joshua Remitio finished fourth (don’t be TOO sad, he ended up with $2.3 million for his efforts), this hand is an all-timer that he may not forget.

With five players left at the table, Ozgur Seclimis — who was involved in a quads beating quads hand earlier in the tournament — and his 40 million-plus chips got dealt pocket Kings. Remitio had 16.1 million, which meant he needed to make a move at some point. He got the 10-9 of diamonds, a decent spot to make that move. Seclimis raised to 2.4 million … and Remitio went all in.

Check out that flop …

Two 10s!! THE CROWD GOES WILD! Seclimis lost and would eventually end up in fifth place, taking home $1.8 million.

We’ll see who wins the whole thing soon enough.

[listicle id=1226180]

A World Series of Poker Main Event player won the most ridiculous hand on a dangerous bluff

WOW.

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.

[listicle id=1226180]

A World Series of Poker Main Event player with quads suffers a horrible bad beat … against quads

This is brutal.

OH NOOOO.

If you know what the headline is all about, you already know this is going to be one of the more painful hands you’ll ever see.

If you don’t? I’ll walk you through it.

Chang Liu and Ugur Secilmis were on the bubble of making it into the guaranteed money portion of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event. Liu started off with a pair of 4s and Secilmis had a pair of 6s.

Others were in the hand initially, but all you need to know is both of them called an 11,500-chip bet to see the flop … which was 6-4-4. OH MY. Liu ended up with four of a kind, or quads. Seclimis had three of a kind. Yet EVERYONE CHECKED. You can’t blame Liu for trying to slow play here.

The turn? A 6. An epic disaster to say the least — Seclimis then had a BETTER quads than Liu. Eventually, Seclimis put in Liu all-in, who called … and saw the bad beat.

Liu went home without any money, but he played it all the right way!

[listicle id=1226180]

Chris Moneymaker won an intense, huge World Series of Poker Main Event hand, is among chip leaders

Could he win AGAIN?

It was 18 years ago that Chris Moneymaker took home the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet and effectively changed the game as someone who went from online player to champion.

And as of Friday morning, he might be making ANOTHER run.

OK, it’s a little premature to say that. But Moneymaker and a bunch of other players remaining are in the money … and the ex-champ is among the chip leaders.

Part of that is due to a HUGE hand on Thursday. Moneymaker and Bryan Reyes went head to head with two monster hands: Reyes had a pair of Kings and Moneymaker had Aces. The two went back and forth with a four-bet before the flop that Reyes called.

The flop was Queen-6-6. Reyes checked, Moneymaker bet 25,000 and Reyes called. The turn was a 5, and the same thing happened: A check, and this time Moneymaker bet 65,000.

Reyes took a while … AND WENT ALL IN.

Now: This is a TOUGH call for Moneymaker. The way Reyes bet pre-flop indicated strength in a big way — either Kings … or Queens. And if it was Queens, Moneymaker’s Aces would lose.

But Moneymaker — who had over 313K in chips — called the 203K bet, Reyes cursed, and Moneymaker won:

As of Friday morning, he’s 12th in chips with 1,432,000. And the wild thing is he almost didn’t play the Main Event! Per Poker News:

Three months ago, Moneymaker announced on Twitter that he would skip the series altogether due to COVID-19 concerns. He worried that he could potentially bring the virus back to his family in Mississippi even though he’s vaccinated. The former Main Event winner told PokerNews at the time that he expected that he’d be exposed to the virus in the crowded Rio, which forced him to make a tough decision.

Over the past few weeks, Moneymaker began to tease the idea of competing in the Main Event due to the vaccination requirement at the WSOP. But he hadn’t announced his official decision to play publicly until Monday.

We’ll see if this keeps up.

[vertical-gallery id=1028959]

Phil Hellmuth dresses as Gandalf in his latest World Series of Poker Main Event entrance stunt

Another year, another costume.

Phil Hellmuth is a poker legend, and aside from the foul-mouthed rants he’s known for, there’s another signature of his in recent years: An over-the-top costumed entrance into the World Series of Poker Main Event.

He’s been Thor, he’s been a boxer, a general … and this year? He walked into the Main Event dressed as Gandalf the wizard from Lord of the Rings.

You can see the footage below, along with a compilation of so many of these grand entrances. We’ll see if he can back up the spectacle at the table!

Here’s the, er, magical moment from this week:

And the compilation:

Wild.

[vertical-gallery id=1028959]