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THE HAND THAT ROCKED THE WSOP TABLE!
IRISHROVER
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It was a massive confrontation between Matt Affleck and Jonathan Duhamel, and it was one of those pots that brought media and spectators scurrying from all corners of the room clamoring to catch a peek at the action. Duhamel started it with a
raise to 550,000, and Affleck three-bet to 1.55 million. Duhamel re-raised right back to 3.925 total. Affleck called to put 8 million chips into the pot going to the flop.
Possibly sensing the danger he was in, Duhamel checked the 10 D 9 C 7 H flop. Affleck took the opportunity to fire out 5 million chips. Duhamel called, and Affleck shoved his last 11.6 million into the pot as the Q D hit fourth street. Duhamel was faced with a decision for most of his own stack. The tension mounted as hushed murmurs of this monsterpotten coursed through the room. Duhamel finally called, putting an enormous pot of about 42 million chips in the middle of the table!
Affleck showed down A S A C for the overpair. He certainly had to be nervous when he watched Duhamel table J H J C for the pair and the open-ender. The entire rail inched forward in anticipation of the river card that would give one of the two players a commanding chip lead. Fate fell with Duhamel this time. The last card off was the 8 D, and a thundering reaction signaled the bad beat to the crowds who were too far away to see it with their own eyes. Affleck's aces had indeed been run down. He was visibly stricken by the result, choking back his emotions and burying his face in his cap for a good long while. He finally mustered the strength to leave the room after his 15th-place elimination, red-faced and awfully upset with the result.
That was the pot that pushed Duhamel into a commanding chip lead. It is a hand that will likely be talked about and analyzed over and over for the next year
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Comments
I didn't realise that they were playing this year's Main Event online. ;-)))
The guy with the aces played it well, although that was a pretty horrific board for aces.
I hate everything about the way the guy with JJ played the hand. But he won, and i guess that's why he has millions of dollars and i don't.
It just goes to show that no matter how good you are, you also have to have luck on your side to win a big tournament. The eventual winner will probably have won loads of flips and a few pots as a dog on their way.
isn't that due to a problem with their RNG software?
Very sad indeed. But how many times does the straight crack Aces and usually on the river- a fair few. The 10 9 7 flop was a sure indication
Very sad to go out of the event that way though.