A quick all-in call led to a painfully bad beat to start the World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is off and running in Las Vegas as players try their best to survive the chaotic opening days.
In an event where everyone is trying to run up their chip count early, sometimes you have to make quick aggressive moves unlike normal and sometimes you just have to go all-in off the draw to stay alive.
That was Joey Weissman’s plan on Thursday when he was dealt pocket kings with a stack that was quickly dwindling. He moved all-in before the flop hoping it would land him a fast gain.
Alexandre Vuilleumier, who was dealt a Jack and Three of Hearts, had enough chips to at least play this one out for the fun of it and nearly called Weissman blind. After checking his hand, Vuilleumier called anyways.
It could not have gone worse for Weissman.
That's definitely one way to be eliminated from a tournament.@JoeyWeissman is the first player out at the @WSOP Event #2: $25,000 High Roller 6-Max final table after his kings met a cruel fate against @elcancherito22's J3o.
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 2, 2023
We’ve seen some bad, bad beats at the poker table this week but becoming the first player knocked out of your WSOP table by a full house of threes over eights against pocket kings is just as painful as it gets.
Weissman did everything right here and couldn’t get the cards to work in his favor.
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