Big Slick Keeps 2003 WSOP Main Event Finalist Alive

Chad Holloway

Level 6

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 2003 World Series of Poker, which most people remember as the year Chris Moneymaker helped spark the boom. What they may have forgotten is that David Singer was at that year's final table, ultimately finishing in ninth place for $120,000. Singer, who won his first and only bracelet back in 2008, is in action today more than a decade after his historic final table appearance.

Limit Hold'em

In a recent hand, action folded around to James Van Alstyne, who you may recall won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event for $ 247,033 four year ago, and he raised from the small blind. A short-stacked Singer three-bet, Van Alstyne four-bet and the former ended up getting his stack of 1,475 all in.

Van Alstyne:
Singer:

Both players shared an ace, but Singer's kicker had him way out in front. The flop made things interesting as Van Alstyne could make a straight with a jack, but neither the turn nor river was what he was looking for. With that, Singer doubled... though he's still quite short.