It’s been nearly 20 years since Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson performed an epic recreation of hen whereas heads-up for the Monte Carlo Hundreds of thousands. The hand featured each gamers engaged in a leveling warfare, neither prepared to surrender the pot with no struggle.
For years, it stood out as poker’s most memorable televised bluffing battle, however maybe it has been dethroned by the confrontation between Antonio Galiana and Johan Guilbert on Friday evening.
The 2 poker professionals had been heads-up for $439,395 and a bracelet on the World Collection of Poker $2,500 no-limit maintain’em occasion, and PokerGO cameras caught all of the motion within the tournament-defining hand.
Watch the hand under.
Guilbert, who’s a poker content material creator often known as ‘Yoh Viral,’ held a tiny lead over Galiana, though each gamers had been sitting with greater than 50 huge blinds.
With the blinds at 200,000-400,000, Guilbert accomplished from the small blind with J
2
, and Galiana checked his choice with 7 5
. Each gamers then proceeded to verify right down to the river on a board of 10
6 3 8 2.
With neither participant holding a membership and a flush on board, extra checking would lead to a chopped pot. Nevertheless, there was no extra checking to be accomplished.
Galiana guess 900,000, hoping to steal the three huge blinds within the center. Guilbert thought for a bit earlier than elevating to 1,950,000.
“That is very weird,” stated PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks. “It’s a recreation of hen. Who will soar out of the way in which first?”
It was clear that neither participant believed the opposite was holding a lot of a hand, and definitely not the A. Galiana took lower than 30 seconds earlier than elevating to six,300,000.
“No person has something!” exclaimed Hanks.
At this level, most individuals would have given up their bluff, however Guilbert went into the tank.
“Is he contemplating one thing… heroic?” requested Hanks.
Ultimately, Guilbert opted for a min-raise to 10,650,000, or half of his stack.
Extremely, Galiana was undeterred, and responded with an all-in. Guilbert shortly mucked, and Galiana proudly tabled his bluff.
Galiana would go on to shut out the match and earn his first bracelet together with $439,395. Guilbert settled for $292,927. This was his third runner-up end with a bracelet on the road, having additionally completed second in each the 2021 WSOP Europe important occasion and the 2019 WSOP $3,000 shootout occasion.
The ultimate desk additionally featured six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (third), two-time bracelet winner Juha Helppi (4th), bracelet winner Romain Lewis (fifth), 15-time Circuit Ring winner and up to date World Poker Tour important occasion winner Joshua Reichard (sixth), bracelet winner Patrick Leonard (seventh), and WSOP important occasion remaining tablist Eoghan O’Dea (ninth).
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Antonio Galiana
$439,395
1440
2
Johan Guilbert
$292,927
1200
3
Jeremy Ausmus
$209,358
960
4
Juha Helppi
$151,592
720
5
Romain Lewis
$111,222
600
6
Joshua Reichard
$82,702
480
7
Patrick Leonard
$62,334
360
8
David Goodman
$47,632
240
9
Eoghan O’Dea
$36,908
120
Watch Phil Ivey vs. Paul Jackson from the 2005 Monte Carlo Hundreds of thousands
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Screenshot of PokerGO broadcast. Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas.
