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21 July 2008
David Singer is a WSOP bracelet holder and a World Heads-Up Champion (online). The Full Tilt Poker pro knows his way around the table. He’s seen it all…bad beats, sour defeats, cold decks and a good run of cards. Regardless, we’d wager that this hand had to sting Singer just a little bit.
Game Type: No Limit Texas Hold’em
Tournament: World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City
Players in hand: David Singer, Ricardo Festejo
Starting Hands
David Singer: 10
, 10
Ricardo Festejo Q, J
Pre Flop
David Singer raises from the button to 250,000
Ricardo Festejo calls from the big blind at a discount.
The Flop - J
, 3, 10
Ricardo Festejo takes top pair and bets $100,000
David Singer raises it to $250k
Ricardo calls.
The Turn - 9
Ricardo Festejo checks with top pair and straight and flush draws.
David Singer moves all in with his set, happy to take what he thinks will be a monster pot.
The River 8
Ricardo Festejo - just like that he gets a straight and scopes up the monster from David Singer’s waiting hands. Despite the suck out David stoically took the bad news like a pro.
Singer talks about his joy after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet:
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If another 8 hit on the river David would have filled up and beat the straight. Something is not right with the details of how the hand went down.
Posted 119 days ago by Anthony
Thanks for the sharp eye. I had make a mistake on this hand and you were totally right to point it out. There was no eight on the flop. It was a three. I made the correction!
Posted 119 days ago by Henrik Kjellberg
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