Friday, February 02, 2007

John Hennigan Wins the Borgata Poker Classic!

The final hand went something like this.....

Chuck Kelley raises to $500,000 on the button and John Hennigan calls....

The flop is 7s, 3d, 3s - Hennigan checks and Kelley bets $700,000 and Hennigan calls. The turn is the Ah. Hennigan checks and Kelley bets $800,000... Hennigan calls. Then, out of the blue, un-provoked and without cause, Kelley flips over his hole cards prematurely showing the Qh, 7h!

The river is the 3h! Hennigan moves all-in and Kelley calls thinking his full house is good. Hennigan nods his head and shows his winning full house of with his hole cards of Ac, 5h.

Hennigan wins $1,606,223 for first place and Kelley earns nearly $850K! I'm looking forward to the televised version as I understand that this was the second time in this tournament that Kelley prematurely flips his hole cards!

The tournament information and interviews may be found at www.worldpokertour.com

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