WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 30K Opener

Brian Hastings opens the button to 110,000, and Neil Blumenfield three-bets to 250,000 in the small blind. Hastings calls.

The flop comes    , and Blumenfield continues for 155,000. Hastings raises to 425,000, and Blumenfield sinks into the tank. He stacks his remaining chips, sitting with exactly 900,000 behind. Eventually, he moves all in for 1,055,000, and Hastings calls.

Hastings:   
Blumenfield:   

The turn is the  , and Blumenfield adds a straight draw to his list of outs.

"No more jacks," Hastings wishes.

The river is the  , though, and Blumenfield improves to a straight. He wins the pot and doubles up.

"What a dumb game we play," John Hinds says from across the table.

Neil Blumenfield - 2,200,000 (44 bb)
Brian Hastings - 3,850,000 (77 bb)