2011 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$808,538
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,440,400
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Merulla Gets There

When we reached the table, there was 80,000 in the pot and Robert Merulla and Wesley Pantling were heads up. After a series of bets, the two were all in, and the hands were tabled.

Merulla: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Pantling: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Merulla was at risk, and did not improve when the {7-Hearts} turned. The {q-Clubs} slammed on the river though, and it took Merulla a second to realize it gave him the best hand before he threw his arms in the air in celebration.

It took nearly two minutes to sort out the chips, but after the counts were checked and re-checked, the stacks looked like this:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Robert Merulla
Robert Merulla
1,250,000
750,000
750,000
Profile photo of Wesley Pantling ca
Wesley Pantling
570,000
-595,000
-595,000

Tags: Robert MerullaWesley Pantling