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Charles Curtis

INSANE: World series of poker main event player muscles out opponent with same exact hand | Rare Historical Photos

The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event is in progress, and we’re up to the point where the remaining players — 8,663 people paid $10,000 to enter — are in the money.

This hand is a pretty interesting one. It stars Aaron Zhang and Dan Smith, and the video picks up on the turn. Both Smith and Zhang have King-Jack offsuit, and the board is Jack-6-9-King, giving them a tie should the hand play completely out.

Zhang checks, Smith bets 215,000 chips (he has a 2.4 million to Zhang’s 1.9M), Zhang raises to 675K. Smith calls.

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