{"id":70128,"date":"2024-10-01T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=70128"},"modified":"2024-10-01T12:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:32:21","slug":"massive-bad-beat-goes-viral-at-wsop-online-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/massive-bad-beat-goes-viral-at-wsop-online-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Bad Beat Goes Viral at WSOP Online Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
GGPoker hosted the WSOP Online Main Event, which made waves in the poker world in late September 2024 with one of the largest online poker events in history, with over $29 million in the prize pool. The final table was held on September 24th with record prize money up top for an online poker tournament.<\/p>\n
If that was not enough to grab the attention of the poker world alone, the final table went viral on social media thanks to one of the craziest bad beats you will ever see, in a hand that ended up having massive money implications.<\/p>\n
World-famous poker coach Benjamin Rolle, who finished 8th and is known as bencb, estimated that over $2 million in equity shifted in this hand alone. This hand was played on a live stream with commentators Jeff Gross and Phil Laak.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s set the stage for this insane bad beat so you can understand exactly what makes it so brutal.<\/p>\n
The final table was down to just four players with a whopping grand prize of $4,021,012 up top for the winner. The four players had already sewn up a nice chunk of change with fourth place dishing out $1,843,337. So while each of the remaining players had done well beyond their dreams to win a huge seven-figure score, there was still a lot more money left to play for.<\/p>\n
The blinds were at 2,000\/4,000 and the four players left were;<\/p>\n
Chip leader Evgenii Akimov jammed all in from the button for about 41 big blinds. On the video stream which the hand is replayed on, it is revealed that Akimov jammed with the 6 \u2663\ufe0f 4 \u2660\ufe0f. That is a fairly light holding to be jamming with but he did so in order to apply ICM pressure on the shorter stacks in the blind with a six big blind stack having folded in the cutoff and a $500,000 pay jump in play.<\/p>\n
Also there may have been some table dynamics and history in play as well as Phil Laak said \u201cHe didn\u2019t like getting jammed on last time so he jams here.”<\/p>\n
With the six big blind stack sitting there, the blinds are going to be folding nearly everything to this jam, making the 64o shove very profitable. It just so happened that the small blind, Isaac Baron, had pocket kings with the K \u2663 \ufe0fK \ufe0f\u2666\ufe0f which<\/span> is, of course, a call.<\/p>\n At this point, the pocket kings of Isaac Baron were of course dominating the six-four off suit of Evnegii Akimov but, nevertheless, it was Baron who was at risk. Before the flop, Baron had an 82% chance to win the hand and get a big double up in a key spot.<\/p>\n \u201cIs there a sweat?\u201d asked Jeff Gross on the commentary as the flop came 7 \u2663 \ufe0fJ \u2663 \ufe0fK \u2660 \ufe0f which answered his question with a \u201cnot really\u201d. Baron made top set with the kings as he improved to 97% to win the hand.<\/p>\nThe Bad Beat<\/span><\/h2>\n