Monsterpotten
Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
That’s what some of my friends call insanely gigantic hands that dwarf humanity’s feeble powers of comprehension. You get monsterpotten in tournaments like the Main Event, where players sit behind vast chip-cathedrals hundreds of big blinds deep. And while you might think that you could never, ever, EVER lose all those glorious chips, sometimes that’s exactly what happens. In a single hand.
That’s the ghasty fate that befell Tom Lutz, who was just eliminated in the biggest pot (so far) of the 2009 Main Event. After a 9c-6c-3d flop Tom and Warren Zackey began a raising war that saw each bring out every weapon in their arsenals. When all was said and done, 4.15 million chips were heaped in the center of the table. When the hands were turned over, Tom has Ac-Qc for the nut flush draw and two overcards, while Zackey held 10c-10d. As PokerNews put it, the two were flipping for four million.
The turn was the 8d, the river the 5s, and just like that. Tom was out. Out of the Main Event, when just a few hours before he’d returned to play 3rd overall in chips. I took this picture of Tom not long after play resumed today; after losing that monsterpotten to Zackey, hopefully he’ll find the strength to smile again someday.
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