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

Minor Setback for Sammy

Sammy Farha
Sammy Farha

A short stack raised it up preflop leaving himself just 4,000 behind. Perhaps just for amusement, Sammy Farha flat called from the big blind before announcing, "Check in the dark."

The flop was {A-Spades}{8-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, and the short stack inevitably threw in his remaining shrapnel and Farha made the call.

On their backs and Farha was a gnat's nose hair behind with {K-Clubs}{6-Spades} versus {K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. "It's OK," he smiled in his familiarly nonchalant manner, "we're going to chop."

And, indeed, chop they did, the turn and river coming {4-Clubs} and {10-Clubs} respectively to keep the short stack short-stacked and Farha on 230,000.

"It's all right," he added. "I made money."

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