2011 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$1,158,481
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,455,600
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

"From 600 to 30k Pot"

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Normally we come up with our own headlines for these little reports. But this one was suggested to us by a couple of players at the table -- Freddy Deeb (in the hand) and Andy Frankenberger (an observer). And it seems to highlight the most remarkable aspect of the following hand quite well.

It started humbly, with a completion by the small blind and a check by Freddy Deeb in the big. Then came the flop, a nifty-looking {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. The small blind checked, and Deeb pushed out a bet of 600 -- the "600" of our headline. The small blind called.

Then came the turn -- the {7-Hearts} -- joining the other three cards as though they were a row of well-choreographed dancers. The small blind checked again, and Deeb bet 2,000 this time. Deeb's opponent made the call.

The river was the doesn't-really-belong-here {J-Spades}. (Really, what was that card doing out on the stage?) The small blind tanked again, and Deeb made a huge overbet by pushing all in. The small blind had about 13,000 left, and tanked for some time before emerging to make the call. That made a pot close to 30K (again, see headline).

The small blind showed {A-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for a straight flush to the seven, but Deeb had {8-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the higher straight flush. Deeb scores yet another knockout, and now sits with about 80,000.

Tags: Freddy Deeb