Cracked Aces Send Watt to the Rail
Back at the 2010 World Series of Poker, Simon Watt defeated Tom "durrrr" Dwan in heads-up play to win Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The victory gave Watt $614,248 in prize money, but more importantly to many in the poker world it kept the gold bracelet out of Dwan's hands. That's because Dwan had a famous bracelet bet, and by not winning it purportedly saved many notable players millions of dollars.
Watt, who hails from New Zealand, was in today's field seeking his second gold bracelet, but his hopes of doing so here in Event #2 just came to an end. His final hand was told to us secondhand, but apparently Watt busted with aces.
it happened when Tam Truong raised, Watt three-bet, and a call was made, which brought about a 
flop. After Truong checked, Watt bet and then called a check-raise. When a 
appeared on the turn, Watt called off his last 1,000 or so and discovered his pocket rockets were ahead of Truong's 
open-ended straight. Unfortunately for Watt, a 
on the river completed the said straight and his day came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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9,000 | |
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Busted | |
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