2010 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$609,493
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,433,050
Entries
2,543
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Bruce Almighty

Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Stephen Chidwick passed his cards over one another in the hypnotic way he always does when he's awaiting an opponent's decision. This time, the ball was in Steven Bruce's court, his open from middle position raised to 21,000 (unless he was all in and didn't bother to push the shrapnel) by Chidwick in the big blind.

"Sorry about this," apologized Bruce to the table as he continued to dwell. "It's OK," relieved a table mate, "We've got six hours and none of us want to go anywhere."

Soon after, Bruce took a deep breath and announced all-in with {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}. Chidwick held {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

After the commonplace good luck wishes, the dealer rolled out a {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop, followed by a {9-Clubs} turn, before, finally, a testicle-crunching {Q-Diamonds} river.

Chidwick nodded his head in defeat and immediately slid over his remaining pyramid of black chips, which amounted to around 25,000.

Bruce, meanwhile, began reconstructing his stack, and although it was currently in ruins, a rough guess would be that it would eventually transform into a neatly designed structure of 150,000.

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