2011 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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

Ryan Snickles Snookered By Misdeal

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

We passed by a table and noticed a player with four hole cards in front of him. While this would have been fine in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship being contested nearby, in today's No-Limit Hold'em event, four down cards is certainly an oddity.

The action continued around the table with seemingly nobody aware of the error, until it reached the player holding the Omaha hand. When he discovered his extra cards he jokingly told the table "now, don't blame this on me, but I have like, a million cards here."

The dealer glanced down and realized that a misdeal had occurred and players began tossing their cards towards the muck. Ryan Snickles held onto his hand and looked up with a pained expression on his face.

"Really?" he asked the dealer, "This really just happened?" Snickles then proceeded to turn over his {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and toss them away with a forlorn look in his eyes. To his credit, Snickles took the bad beat in stride and told the dealer that everything was fine after she began to apologize. While many players would have erupted in a Hellmuthian rant about their bad luck, Snickles simply shrugged and forged onward.

Tags: Ryan Snickles