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

That's Gotta Hurt

Snickers Bar in the Poker Kitchen; $2, Taxi to the Rio: $11; Being eliminated from the Main Event in the last level of the day with aces versus ace-king: priceless.

It's not often I wince at the felt and feel the pain of a victim of variance, but with just 20 minutes remaining, one pour soul found himself heading towards the rail with a tear in his eye and a limp in his step.

All in with {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}, he had his opponent by the short and curlies with {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}, but after a cruel {8-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{A-Clubs} board it was the bullets that would halt in mid air. The World Series: where dreams are shattered and hopes are crushed.