2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$181,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Entries
132
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Cooke Wins a Big'un

Neal Cooke stacking his new chips
Neal Cooke stacking his new chips
On a board showing {7-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {5-Hearts}, Neal Cooke faced a call that would've cost him about 75 percent of his entire stack. He took his time with the decision, so much so that he apologized to the table for taking so long. At one point he even considered calling the clock on himself, but it never came to that. After a solid three minutes had passed, Cooke frantically grabbed his remaining three stacks of chips and reached out over the betting line, crossing the point of no return. A showdown ensued, and Cooke was thrilled to see that he was ahead:

Cooke: {10-Spades} {9-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}

The river brought the {9-Hearts} and Cooke's hand held up, earning him the massive pot.

Afterward, Tim Vance asked, "Neal, if I shove over the top of him, would you go away?"

Cooke's reply: "I don't know, I'm too excited! Wooo!"

Cooke now sits with about 64,000 in chips.

Tags: Neal Cooke