2010 World Series of Poker
It was limped to the flop of and both Thomas O'Neal and Dean Hamrick checked.
They checked the on the turn too.
The fell on the river, and yep, you guessed it, they both checked again.
O'Neal won the pot with queen-high.
Dean Hamrick opened for 320,000 and Thomas O'Neal called.
The flop came down and both players checked.
The fell on the turn and O'Neal checked. Hamrick bet 325,000 and O'Neal called.
The river brought the and O'Neal check-called Hamrick's bet of 850,000.
Hamrick showed for a turned set to take the pot.
Dean Hamrick sat there staring at Thomas O'Neal before folding his button to give O'Neal a walk.
On the very next hand O'Neal returned the favor.
It may be a long night folks!
Thomas O'Neal limped on the button and Dean Hamrick checked his option.
The flop came down and both players checked.
The fell on the turn and Hamrick bet 205000. O'Neal flicked his cards toward the dealer with an orange (T5,000) chip.
Dean Hamrick opened to 320,000 from the button and Thomas O'Neal made the call to see a flop fall and checks follow from both players.
When the turn landed the , O'Neal checked and Hamrick fired out 340,000 only to have O'Neal check-raise all in for 1,000,000.
Hamrick made the call and when the river landed the , O'Neal moved all in to put Hamrick to a decision for roughly his last 3,300,000 in chips.
Deliberating for nearly three minutes, Hamrick eventually found a fold as he saw the pot pushed to O'Neal to send him to over 7,800,000 in chips.
Thomas O'Neal limped from the button and Dean Hamrick announced that he was all in.
Hamrick's rail jumped out of their seats and lurched toward the table. The Tournament Director said "Woah Woah Woah," holding the rail back. "Dean's all in, but Tom hasn't called yet." The rail took their seats and O'Neal folded.
Dean Hamrick opened for yet another 320,000 min-raise and Thomas O'Neal moved all in yet again.
After deliberating for nearly ninety seconds, Hamrick made the call for his last 3,900,000 and we were off to a showdown.
Hamrick:
O'Neal:
The flop of kept O'Neal in the lead, but when the landed on the turn it gave Hamrick plenty of outs for a chop.
Fortunately for him the river fell the to see Hamrick remain alive as the pot was chopped up.
Thomas O'Neal opened for 400,000 and Dean Hamrick came along for the ride.
The flop fell . Hamrick checked and O'Neal slid in a 500,000 chip stack and that was all Hamrick needed to see to toss his cards towards the muck.
Thomas O'Neal limped in and Dean Hamrick checked his option.
The board was checked down to see O'Neal reveal his for king-high to collect the pot.