2014 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$408,953
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,594
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Cantu and Kessler Can't Sort it Out

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We walked up to the action and Brandon Cantu all in preflop, arguing with Allen Kessler about who should turn their cards over first. "Are you guys being serious right now," a frustrated Greg Mueller asked.

Eventually, Kessler tabled, {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Cantu turned over {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. The board ran out {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and Cantu doubled. The discussion continued and Cantu called the floor for a proper description of the rule.

The floor came, but before he could interject, we had another hand on our hands. A player from middle position raised to 2,100 and Greg Mueller called from the small blind. Brandon Cantu quickly pushed all in from the big blind and the original raiser folded.

Mueller thought for a while before eventually giving up what he claimed were pocket eights as Cantu turned up the {a-Hearts} and dragged the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Mueller
28,000
-8,200
-8,200
WSOP 3X Winner
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Brandon Cantu
18,400
8,400
8,400
WSOP 2X Winner
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Allen Kessler
14,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Brandon CantuAllen KesslerGreg Mueller