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

Right Move, Wrong Time For Kassela

How is it that the biggest hands always go down just as we're about to take a break? Frank Kassela decided that we would have to wait a little longer before visiting the bathroom after making a huge move on the final hand of the level.

The madness started with the under-the-gun player raised to 10,500. There was one call before Kassela also called on the button. The small blind came along but the player in the big blind put in a raise and squeezed it to 60,000. Two folds and Kassela sensed that the big blind might have been up to something, so he responded by moving all in over the top. The small blind tanked and folded (what he later claimed was ace-king) as the big blind snap-called.

Kassela: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Big blind: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Oops! Kassela was in a pickle and there was no suckout on the {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{4-Hearts} board. When Kassela heard that the small blind had flatted with ace-king, he was a little miffed, as a standard raise in that spot, would have prevented Kassela from making his move and losing most of his stack. He's down to just 83,000 and could do with a break.

Tags: Frank Kassela