Championship: 9th Place – Roman Valerstein

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 30: Blinds 40k/80k/10k ante

Roman Valerstein was involved in one of the craziest hands of the tournament and it didn’t work out well from him. Mike Leah opened the action for a min-raise from early position and created a near-family pot when John Dolan, Martin Hanowski, Brian Hawkins, and Joe Kuether all came along for the ride.

Valerstein decided to take a shot at the pot and raised to 760,000. Leah eyed up the few remaining chips in Valerstein’s stack and put in another bet to 1,200,000. Everyone else got the hint to let their hand go before Valerstein said “oops” and “ok”.

It was unclear whether Valerstein was actually all-in but floor staff ruled he was indeed at risk. His “oops” declaration was correct when he showed KcJh against Leah’s AsKh.

The Td3s2h flop changed little but Valerstein picked up an open-ended straight draw with the Qd turn. The 4c river couldn’t save him and Valerstein was gone in 9th place for $149,663.

Roman Valerstein
Roman Valerstein