What a fold in WSOP final table!

The world series of poker has come to en end this year. But it is not long until it is time to start trying to qualify for next years WSOP.

On of this years most amazing hands must have been the hand between Moon and Begleiter at this years final table at the WSOP. Let me just tell the short story for now. Begleiter went all in after a series of raises. The pot was at this time around 45 million in chips. Moon needed another 6 million to make the call. Moon got an incredible 7 to 1 odds in his favor to make the call which in more or less any situation would make the call worthwhile. But Moon folded. To everybody’s big surprise.

And doing the maths afterwards, he actually made the correct decision. He was only a 7 % favorite to win the hand. But who folds a gigantic pot when you have more than 7 to 1 to win? If that fold was a cold mathematical decision it is very impressive. Even so, mathematical correct or not, it is a very tough pot to loose on the final table of WSOP. It is these kinds of hands that make poker such a good TV entertainment.