2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Christmas Comes Early

Catching the action on a flop of {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, the pot had already swelled to over 10,000, with a bet or raise of 8,200 in front of Dutchman Thierry van den Berg.

His opponent thought for several minutes before sliding his entire stack across the line. Van den Berg couldn't shout out "call!" any faster as he revealed {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for top set and the nuts. We thought his opponent may have had kings or perhaps queens, but instead he opened one of each - {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} for an adventurous move that was going to need a lot of help.

The player actually picked up some outs with the {10-Diamonds} turn but the river bricked the {2-Clubs}. Van den Berg couldn't believe his good fortune as he stacked up 77,300 chips and sent his opponent to an early exit.

Tags: Thierry van den Berg