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 Blind Leading the Blind

Joe Reitman
Joe Reitman

The table folded around to the blind, and both of them had less than ten big blinds apiece. As such, they agreed to just get it in there in the dark. The small blind moved in without looking, and Joe Reitman called dark from the big blind. There was a long pause to wait for the ESPN cameras, but it turns out they weren't interested, and they motioned for the dealer to continue with the hand.

The small blind rolled over his meager {8-Clubs} {2-Hearts}, and Reitman slowly tabled his inferior {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs}, needing to catch a card to stay alive. He caught five of them instead. The dealer spread out {10-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}, and both players play the board. They'll chop it up, both still down under ten bigs now.

Reitman was all smiles after the chips were pulled back. "The sad thing is that's the fourth best hand I've seen so far today," Reitman quipped.

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