Kirsch Does His Best Weinman Impression by Spiking a Jack

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player in early position moved all in for around 400,000, another opponent reshoved for 650,000, and Daniel Kirsch had them both covered and at risk.

Early-Position: Q?Q? All in
Middle-Position: A?K? All in
Daniel Kirsch: J?J?

With most of his stack in the middle, Kirsch found himself dominated until the flop brought J?8?6?, giving him top set. The rest of the board ran out 5?2? and Kirsch scooped the entire pot to eliminate both players.

"Jacks have sunrun this table. They haven't lost once," tablemate Jayphong Nguyen said.

"I don't know if it's a good omen, but last year's champion had the same hand against queens and ace-king," Nguyen added.

"Actually it was kings," another tablemate replied.

"Kings? That makes it worse," Nguyen said.