For the past three and a half day, Jamie Gold was the chip leader in this year's WSOP Main Event and he would never relinquish that lead going into the final table. During the final table play, he would further seperate himself from his opponents with no body coming near him which ultimately led to his destiny to capture the convenent bracelet. How about that: a guy named "Moneymaker" does the unthinkable and now a guy name "Gold" achieves the same... Maybe I should change my last name to "Plantinum"...
My pick and probably favorite to win the Main Event was seasoned pro Allen Cunningham. Cunningham came into the final table starting out in a distanced 2nd in chips and could never really get over the barrier. From reading Allen's last hand, he pushed all-in for 6.5 million with a pair of 10s, and Gold, only having 1 million in the pot, commits another 5.5 million with only a K-J... (We all know how Phil Hellmuth feels about K-J :-D). I don't know all the details, but I have to say that was a bad call. Allen could have easily had a big pair or AK and out of all the people at the table, Cunningham is the one you don't want to double up. However, since Gold had such a MONSTER chip lead, I can't complete fault the play of calling and it turned out well for Gold as he spiked his King.
Congrats to the final 12 that made a instant million plus and congrats to Jamie Gold, the new "Golden Boy" of poker!
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