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 Foxwoods Casino
set a record in season three for being the largest event in the history of the World Poker Tour to date. More than 670
players entered and the prize pool was just over 6.7 million dollars. The six players who made it to the final table were
Humberto Brenes, David "The Dragon" Pham,
Temp Hutter, JC Tran, Bradley Berman, and Tuan Le.
David Pham was on the short stack and tried to make a move at some pots, but didn't have any luck. The first pot he raised,
with A5 and had to lay his hand down when Temp reraised. The next hand we see, David raised in first
position with A9, Tuan
reraised to $196,000 (enough to put
David all-in) with A4. Tuan got lucky and flopped the four and sent David home when he failed to catch a nine.
Tuan took the next player out of the tournament too. All of the players folded to JC in the small blind and he called with pocket threes.
Tuan raised from the big blind with pocket sixes and JC moved all-in. Neither player improved their hand and JC took home $353,850.
Tuan didn't stop there. He gave Bradley Berman a brutal beat two hands later (at least two hands on the show). Tuan raised
to $170,000 with AK, Bradley reraised $400,000 more with pocket Kings and Tuan moved all-in. The two of them were the chip
leaders at the table so whoever won the pot had a great shot at winning the whole tournament. The flop was TT2, the turn was
an eight and the river was an ACE!!! It always seems like more of a
bad beat when the
river brings the dreaded card.
I loved the following hand more than any other in the tournament. Tuan raised to $120,000 on the button with 84 of hearts
and Temp reraised $300,000 more with AQ of hearts. Tuan thought for a moment and called. The flop was 964. Temp moved all-in
for $355,000 and after some thought from Tuan, he called. Temp looked absolutely disgusted. He said, "You probably have me"
and Tuan replied, "No, I have 8 high". Temp said, "You have what?" I was laughing because the look on Temp's
face was priceless. The turn was a deuce giving Tuan four more outs, but the river didn't help him. I loved this hand because
it made great television. It was one of the most memorable hands I have seen on the World Poker Tour.
 Humberto
was the next person eliminated from the tournament. Temp raised from the small blind to $150,000 with A7 of clubs. A seven
had been accidentally exposed and it was sitting on top of the deck waiting to be
burned. Humberto moved all-in for an
additional $1,280,000 with pocket fives. Temp said he didn't have much, but thought he had the best hand. I would not have
made the call in this situation (with the seven exposed), but to Temp's defense he said Humberto had raised a lot of hands
and he really thought he had the best hand. It was more than a million dollars in chips for him to call and I think he could
have found a better spot, but if he went through with his
read, then I at least have to give him credit for that.
The flop was 962 with two clubs giving Temp the
flush draw. He rivered the flush and Humberto left with $636,930.
The heads up battle was an all-in fest.
Each player tried to outplay each other by making over the top raises. It seemed like Temp was getting the best of Tuan, but
when the show did a chip count, Temp had only made a little progress. Tuan was the one who finally made some progress in the
chip count when he made a move for a pot when he had the worst hand. Temp had K9 and Tuan had 87 with a flop of 984. Tuan
check-raised Temp all-in and he hit
a seven on the turn. After that hand, Tuan had Temp outchipped by about 4 to 1.
The last hand, Temp raised to $560,000 with A5 and Tuan called with 76. The flop was 983 with two diamonds. Tuan moved all-in
and Temp called because he "had most of his chips in the pot". Tuan his a ten on the river and it was all over.
See also the Foxwoods World Poker Finals Season One and
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