2013 World Series of Poker

Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$1,774,089
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,336,000
Entries
132
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

"This Is Insane! This Is F***ing Insane!"

Level 4

Pot-Limit Omaha

Alexander Kostritsyn opened with a raise to 1,500 from early position, and Jared Bleznick called from the cutoff seat. On the button, Tom Schneider also called, and the dealer rolled out the {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop. Kostritsyn led with a bet of 4,000, Bleznick called, and Schneider folded.

The turn card was the {9-Diamonds}, and Kostritsyn kept firing away. He bet 11,000, but Bleznick didn't go anywhere and made the call.

The river was the {6-Hearts}, and now things got really fun. Kostritsyn first bet 26,000, to which Bleznick studied, then raised to 60,000. Kostritsyn came back with a reraised to 100,000. Bleznick shrugged his shoulders and made the call, almost as if to say, "OK, let's chop this one up."

But wait...

As soon as Bleznick called the river, Kostritsyn mucked his hand with a smile. Bleznick seemed a little shocked, but began to pull in the pot anyway. He didn't show his cards and some of the players at the table said he had to show the winning hand. Bleznick protested that he had to show, and tried to push his hand to the muck. The dealer held onto the cards and called over the floor to get a ruling. According to World Series of Poker rule, the winning hand must always be shown. The floor gave this decision to Bleznick, and he was again shocked.

At any rate, the dealer tabled his hand to reveal the {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the nut straight... the stone cold nuts on the river. And now for the second issue.

"Well, wait a minute," said someone at the table. "He just called with the nuts."

The floor had only been able to take two steps away before being summoned back to the table. The dealer explained what happened, and the floor ruled that because Bleznick just called in position with the nuts on the river, that he would now receive a one-round penalty.

"Are you kidding me?!?!" exclaimed Bleznick. "This is insane!"

The floor explained the WSOP ruling, but Bleznick was simply in awe.

"This is f***ing insane!" he half yelled. "Every f***ing time I play a WSOP tournament I get a f***ing penalty! Every time!"

Bleznick finished pulling in the pot before stepping away from the table for an entire round. During his penalty, Bleznick has been wandering around the tournament area telling several other tables what had happened.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
296,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
80,000
-106,000
-106,000

Tags: Alexander KostritsynJared BleznickTom Schneider