2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦4♦
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Jesus Resurrected

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James Akenhead opens up the action with a raise from early position to 25,000. Chris Ferguson reraises all in for a total of 58,000, and Akenhead is the only caller. Miraculously, Jesus flips over {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}, and his opponent shows down {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

The dealer spreads out the board: {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, and Ferguson's aces hold and double him up to 138,000.

Just a few rounds ago, Ferguson was dreadfully low, and had to post the 1,000 ante and the 8,000 big blind. This left him him with just 7,500 chips in his stack. He ended up folding 7-2 when the pot was raised and reraised in front of him. The following hand, he posted the 1,000 ante again, along with the small blind of 4,000 before tripling up and beginning his run back to a playable stack.