2011 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$540,136
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,959,200
Entries
2,192
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Jacob Toole Counterfeits Paul Nash's Two-Pair

Barley ten minutes into Day 3, we have already seen our first all-in confrontation. After Christopher Homan raised to 28,000 from middle position, Jacob Toole reraised all-in from the small blind, placing his last 150,000 or so chips at risk. Paul Nash decided to come over the top and four-bet for the rest of his stack. Homan got out of the way and the cards were revealed.

Showdown:

Nash: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Toole: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}

Toole was in a commanding position with the mother of all Hold'em hands, and Nash would need to catch lucky in order to score the knockout.

Flop: {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Catch lucky is exactly what Nash did, spiking top two-pair on the flop to take the lead. The turn card came {8-Diamonds} and Nash was one card away from taking the chip lead.

River: {8-Spades}

With that, Nash's two-pair had been counterfeited by Toole's aces up. This double-up boosted Toole to 350,000 while Nash dropped to 430,000 with the runner-runner beat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Nash
Paul Nash
430,000
-306,000
-306,000
Profile photo of Jacob Toole us
Jacob Toole
350,000
-27,000
-27,000

Tags: Jacob ToolePaul Nash