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

The Amazing Phil Galfond

Fifth street had been dealt, and the board included three sixes -- {6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Phil Galfond, sitting in the small blind, had 37,500 sitting in front of him. That bet appeared to exceed the amount in the pot full of scrambled lavender, blue, yellow and orange chips that sat between him and his opponent in middle position.

His opponent tanked for a couple of minutes, then finally called. Galfond flipped over {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for quad sixes, and his opponent mucked.

"You're amazing, Phil!" said the player sitting to his left. Subsequent talk suggested the remark referred both to Galfond's good fortune and to his having gotten big value on his quads.

Galfond has moved up to 316,000 now.

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