2011 World Series of Poker

Event #12: $1,500 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$352,808
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,809,000
Entries
1,340
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Biggest Pot of the Tournament!

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On our featured table, no less, we just saw the biggest pot of the tournament develop.

We caught the action on the flop, but according to table-mate Andy Black, the action occurred as follows. David Diaz raised from late position and Philippe Plouffe re-raised from one of the blinds. Diaz called and the two saw the {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop heads up. Plouffe check-raised Diaz all in and Diaz made the call.

Diaz: {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Plouffe: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The two were essentially flipping for an enormous stack and Diaz was playing for his tournament life. Diaz had to avoid a heart, a king or the board pairing any cards but the Five and Seven. The turn was the {Q-Clubs} which kept Diaz in the lead and the {j-Spades} river kept him there.

After they counted it out, Diaz had 61,800 left after the preflop bets. Those chips, plus what was already in the pot vaults him to 140,000. Plouffe dropped to 35,000 but was eliminated by Andy Black a few hands later.

Tags: David DiazPhilippe PlouffeAndy Black