ShareSit at any poker table and odds are that almost every player there will tell you that they've witnessed the sickest runout ever.
Of course, we all have a subjective view on which hand would constitute the runout of all runouts. But a hand between Joey Weissman and Michael Wang at the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship at the Aria Resort & Casino last June has to be among the contenders - if not the sickest ever.
Borrowing a line from Rod Serling, the following hand is submitted for your approval: Four players remained at the final table of the $3,500 buy-in Main Event with $224K up top from the $1.1 million prize pool generated after 343 entrants came aboard.
Weissman is dealt Ad-Jd, while Wang has pocket ladies (Qh-Qc). Weissman has a huge lead in chips with over 10 million and Wang is a distant second with slightly more than 2.5 million. Noel Rodriguez (2,450,000) and Paul Hoefer (1,975,000) trail.
Blinds are 75K/150K with a 150K big blind ante. A raise pre-flop to 300,000 from Wang prompts the chip leader to shove all-in. Wang calls, leaning on the ladies for his tournament life.
Watch below how the hand unfolds:
Is that the sickest runout ever? Wang led until the river when the Queen of diamonds gave him a full house, while Weissman amazingly hit a royal flush!
Wang landed in fourth for $65,856. Joey Weissman won the tournament for $224,236
