Matt Affleck missed his chance at a payout like this one thanks to a single hand. (Bodog Image)
We've already covered who the WSOP 2010 November Nine are, but there's a player that should, by all accounts, have been among that elite crowd: poker pro Matt Affleck. He had a dramatic reversal of fortune involving a pot with 42,000,000 in chips and a river card that some are already calling the worst beat in the history of the WSOP. In a dramatic showdown with Johnathan Duhamel, Affleck was holding pocket rockets (AA) but still came up short.
Duhamel had JJ, a strong hand, but after a flop of Td9c7h, nowhere near good enough to take on Affleck. The turn card hit: Qh. Affleck pushed all of his chips into the pot, confident that his opponent had a limited number of outs. Five minutes passed as Duhamel assessed the situation. Duhamel pushed all his chips into the middle and waited. The River hit and with an 8d hitting the felt, Duhamel made a straight. Chasing straights is for suckers, many say, but Duhamel's uncanny play netted him a 42,000,000 chip pot. Affleck, stunned, stood up and left the table quietly, his eyes red and some reporting a tear or two running down his face. Who can blame him?
"I won a huge pot and didn't deserve it," Duhamel told a reporter after. "I made a bad read but ended up winning anyway."
That single pot helped push the Bouscherville, Quebec resident far over the top, making him the chip leader by over 17,000,000 compared to the next-highest player in the November Nine.
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