It was a huge overbet (there was only about 60K in the pot) and King asked, "Why would you bet so much?" O'Neal didn't reply at first, but as King thought over the situation and asked the same question again O'Neal just shrugged. King announced his call and turned over , which beat O'Neal's pocket Queens. He was eliminated and King is now up to 1,080,000.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 4
It was a huge overbet (there was only about 60K in the pot) and King asked, "Why would you bet so much?" O'Neal didn't reply at first, but as King thought over the situation and asked the same question again O'Neal just shrugged. King announced his call and turned over , which beat O'Neal's pocket Queens. He was eliminated and King is now up to 1,080,000.
The river card is the , and Lawrence wins the pot with his pocket pair. Doug Gehring is eliminated from the Main Event.
This must have been playing on Steve Crockett's mind when he raised from the cutoff on Humberto Brenes' big blind. Humberto went into the tank, and while he was contemplating a decision, Crockett asked "Is the shark coming out to play?". Humberto laughed and called the 14,000 raise. The flop came , Humberto fired out 30,000, and Crockett folded instantly.
One thing is for sure, if you are going to play in these waters, you had better know how to swim.
Ut Nguyen fails to catch a miracle, and he is eliminated.