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They saw a flop of Jd-2d-9h, which both players decide to check. Kennedy was holding an open-ended straight draw, while Hellmuth had only a pair of deuces. The turn card was the 8h, which completed Kennedy’s straight and had Hellmuth drawing dead. But instead of checking, Hellmuth decided to bet out 60K into a pot of 257K. He must have thought that Kennedy was on big cards because Kennedy called the pre-flop raise.

Kennedy decided to play it cool, and just called the 60K. The river card was a disaster card for Hellmuth. It was the Ad, giving Hellmuth two pair – aces over deuces. Hellmuth thought he had the best hand, because he made a bet of 175K into a pot of 377K. He was betting his hand for value, thinking that perhaps Kennedy had A-K or A-Q and would make the call. But Kennedy, who decided to ignore the fact that there were now three diamonds on the board, raised Hellmuth the rest of his stack. That brought the pot to over a million in chips.

Hellmuth thought about it for a couple of minutes and made the call, making the pot worth 1,389,000. Kennedy flipped over his straight and Hellmuth went into his ‘Poker Brat’ mode, jumping up from the table and running for the stands. As usual Hellmuth didn’t give his opponent credit for a hand he himself wouldn’t have played, and it cost him a good portion of his chips. He spent the next couple of minutes whining to friends and family in the crowd about how he couldn’t tell Kennedy what he thought of his poker skills.

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Philips was dealt K-J of diamonds while Mabuchi was dealt pocket aces. A flop of Ah-9c-Qd came off, and a couple of smaller bets were made and called. The turn card was the 10d, giving Philips the open-ended straight flush draw. Mabuchi bet out his trip aces and was again called by Philips. Then the miracle Ad hit the river, giving Philips the royal flush and Mabuchi quad aces. Both players took their time to act, trying not to give away the huge monster hand they were both holding.

Mabuchi led out with a big bet, and after Philips raised him back, Mabuchi paused for a few seconds and then threw in his chips, saying, “I gamble” in a heavy Japanese accent. He was trying to make it look like he was making a loose bet, hoping to induce a call from Philips.

Needless to say Philips called, and quickly showed his royal flush for the win. The hand sent Mabuchi packing for the tournament. He must have been the first player to ever get knocked out of the WSOP while holding quad aces.

The chances of that hand occurring are one in 2.7 billion, so you might want to see it. Don’t wait for a similar hand to happen in your home game; you might be waiting for the rest of your life.

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