After officially the longest final table in the long and chequered history of the World Series of Poker, Californian Full Tilt pro John Juanda added nearly $2m to his overall tournament winnings, taking down the WSOPE £10,000 Main Event for £868k (approx. $1.7m).
A key hand came early this morning after players had been going at it for 21 hours – on a flop of QhKc7c both John Juanda and sinister-looking Russian Stanislav Alekhin got 6.5m chips in the middle with Kh6h and 4c3c respectively. Juanda’s top pair held up to give him a dominating 11-1 chip lead.
After that it was only a matter of time, and the big hand occurred when Alekhin pushed preflop with A9o. Juanda made the call with K6o and the Russian was a 63% favourite. The percentages got flipped on their head after the 66x flop as Juanda now found himself as 99% favourite. The turn bricked and the Year of the Pro continues as Juanda wins £868k at The Empire.
