2010 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$825,976
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Marafioti Mystifies The Master

We arrived at the table and saw about 12,000 in the pot. There was a player all in, Men Nguyen had called, and Matt Marafioti had raised an additional 5,000. Ngyuyen tanked for about two minutes, even getting distracted when a player at another table (after receiving his order from a male cocktail server) said, "Thanks Man."

After the brief distraction, Nguyen gave it up. Marafioti showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}, the all-in player showed {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, and Nguyen looked sick. The board ran out {6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} as Marafioti scored the knockout to chip up to roughly 17,000.

Nguyen has about 15,000.

Tags: Matt MarafiotiMen Nguyen