Newcomer Wins at WSOP; Dwan Crushes Antonio

Tony Veckey is a software engineer.  He’s also a WSOP champion.  Veckey was the sole survivor of the $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em tournament to win $673,276.  In a field of 2,817 players, Veckey won despite having never played in a WSOP before.  He has quite a percentage going there.  I don’t know if anyone has ever been 1 for 1 at the WSOP.

I also came across a great hand I wanted to share with you.  It involves one of my favorite players, Tom Dwan, who gets unlucky and then lucky against Antonio Esfandiari.  Here is the video:

As you can see, Dwan smooth plays the Queens and he runs up against some bad luck when Esfandiari calls with 7s and then catches a 7 on the flop. However, he gets lucky on the river catching the case queen and gets paid off with all of Antonio’s money. I’m not a big Antonio fan, but I do feel for him. It is no fun watching all of your chips get shipped away.