2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Steve's Song is Sung

We went to check on Steve Sung, and we caught him involved in a pot as we walked up. The board showed {J-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}, and there was about 12,000 in the pot. Sung was leading out with 8,500 of his ~27,000 chips, and his opponent put him all in with a raise. Sung tanked and eventually called, and the cards were on their backs:

Sung: {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}

Well Sung was ahead with third pair, but he needed to fade a myriad of outs in order to stay alive. Diamonds were dangerous, so were sevens and eights and nines, oh my. Let's see, what's the worst card in the deck for Sung?

River: {8-Diamonds}

Yep, that one's pretty bad. That river gave the unknown opponent a jack-high straight flush, and that's going to be the last hand of Sung's day; he has been eliminated.

Tags: Steve Sung