2007 World Series of Poker

Event 22 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
102
Prize
$730,740
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,012,700
Entries
640

Craziest Hand of the Tournament, Bar None!

Here's how it went down:

An early position player (EP) made it 4,000 to go and two players in middle position called behind him. Action folded around to the small blind, who moved all-in for approximately 30,000.

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi made the call for his last 2,800 from the big blind and to his surprise, two players called behind him!

4-handed going into the flop, the players all turned over their hands:

EP: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
MP: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
SB: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Grinder: {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

The flop came {3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. At this point, the kings were still in the lead, but the Grinder picked up a gutshot straight draw.

The turn was the {K-Hearts}, which meant the pocket 10's were dead, and although the middle position player hit a set, the king on the turn gave the small blind a queen high flush draw. The king also took away one of the Grinder's outs, leaving him with just 3 non-heart 5's to win the hand.

The river brought the {5-Spades}, a miracle card for Mizrachi, quadrupling him up and giving him new life in the tournament.

Phew! What a hand.

Tags: Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi