2013 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9675
Prize
$279,431
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,378,350
Entries
1,021
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Rancor

Level 6 : 150/300, 0 ante
Eric Froehlich (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Competition) Has Been Eliminated Midway Through Day 1 Play
Eric Froehlich (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Competition) Has Been Eliminated Midway Through Day 1 Play

We caught up with Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner who made his bones playing the fantasy card game Magic the Gathering, and despite surviving his all-in encounter, Froehlich was frowning throughout the hand.

With the flop reading {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Froehlich's last chips were already in the pot, but both his opponent and the dealer seemed to have trouble calculating the amount of a bet designed to isolate the all-in player.

"It's 4,850," Froehlich said flatly, over the protestations of the dealer who believed the amount was less. "Forty-eight fifty."

"I have no pair," his opponent announced excitedly during the subsequent showdown, apparently relishing this moment of pure gamble as he revealed the {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{k-Spades} for a gutshot straight draw.

"I do," was Froehlich's response as he rolled over the {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} for middle pair and the same gutterball draw.

With his king and queen outs voided by Froehlich's hand, the opponent was left to hope for a hit, and he anxiously called out "Jack!" while dealer burned and turned.

Turn: {J-Hearts}

With that, both players made identical Broadway straights, and the {5-Hearts} on the river didn't change a thing.

With his face now a perma-frown, Froehlich watched as the dealer almost shipped the pot to his opponent, perhaps convinced by his successful call for a jack that the chips were his to take. Another player spotted the error, however, and after all of the theatrics, both players returned to the same stacks they started the hand with.

Unfortunately for E-Fro, the lack of a double in this key spot likely doomed his chances, and he was eliminated from contention shortly thereafter.

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Eric Froehlich
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