WSOP Player in Tears after Brutal Double Kings versus Aces Main Event Exit

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A player faced the often-asked question of what to do with pocket kings in the opening level of the World Series of Poker Main Event not once but twice - and both times he was up against aces to bust in brutal fashion!

Israeli player Idan the One paid his $10,000 entry fee along with 1079 others on the opening flight of the 2023 Main Event and it will long remain in his memory as he ran into a brick wall twice within a few hours.

The brick wall was Portuguese player Ruben Correia, who found himself with the best hand in poker not once but twice and against the same opponent.

The first time the pair clashed the aces held up and the second battle was reported by fellow players, with Correia raising the cutoff against two limpers.

With the button calling, it was Idan who figured lightning couldn’t possibly strike twice and threw out a three-bet. A couple of folds followed but Correia naturally four-bet and after a button fold it was Idan’s tournament life on the line.

The Israeli’s 20-percenter failed to appear for the second time and he was facing an early bath, a tearful second level exit that saw him being consoled by a friend for a full hour.

WSOP bustouts are notoriously painful, the world’s biggest poker stage certainly not the place that players want to run into coolers and bad beats.

Last year’s day 1b of the ME saw a similar tale, though it was only one aces versus kings that saw Dennis Brand bust out, a mere 15 minutes into the day’s play.

A pre-flop raising battle eventually ended when all the chips went in on the flop, Marc Goone, a Twitch streamer and cash game player, calling Brand’s shove...

Goone: A♣ A♦
Brand: K♦ K♠

Flop: 5♦ 6♦ 8♥
Turn: 8♠
River: 4♦

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Of course, things could be even worse, for example busting out on the very first hand of the first level of the first day!
That’s what happened to Max Steinberg in 2018, the horror story relayed via Twitter...

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