Championship Day 1A: Wally Maddah Flops the Nuts in Battle of Tampa Grinders

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 125 of 273

Wally Maddah

Pete Walsworth raised to 1,700 from the cutoff and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassador Wally Maddah called out of the small blind.

Both players play most of their poker in Tampa and the surrounding areas and were heads-up to a flop of Jc9c5c. It gets checked through and the 8d comes on the turn.

Maddah bet 3,200 and Walsworth folded. Maddah gave him a wry smile and showed Ac8c.

“You got greedy,” said Walsworth. “You should’ve bet like 1,500 or something.”

“I wanted to make it look like a bluff,” said Maddah.

“I had a suited ace-eight as well,” replied Maddah.

Wally Maddah – 128,5000
Pete Walsworth – 43,000