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

Vince Sinks

You likely won't have heard of Vince Burgio, and he won't have made too many people's chip counts, but check out his database entries and you'll see that he boasts a record longer than Mr. Tickle's arms.

With over two million in tournament winnings including a bracelet victory in 1994 and a final table finish in the Main Event of that same year, Burgio has certainly proved an ongoing presence on the scene, and must surely hold the record for consecutive years of cashes having successfully cashed every year since 1987.

Today, however, his Main Event venture has come to an abrupt end, and he'll be returning to his home state of California empty-handed. With the flop reading {4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, Burgio found himself all in and in need of divine assistance with {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} versus the {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades} of Evelyn Ng in the big blind.

The hand caused Ng to look up from her iPad, and after a blank {K-Spades} turn and {7-Clubs} river, she took both the pot and the scalp. Burgio, meanwhile, shook Ng's hand and exited stage left, disappointed to have been unable to add a final chapter to his autobiography Pizza, Pasta and Poker: The Private & Public Life of a Professional Poker Player.

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