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A Hand Matchup From The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event |
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Darvin Moon |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 40,000,000 
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29.56 % |
11.82 % |
6.82 % |
Winner! |
Steven Begleiter |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 23,325,000 
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69.21 % |
86.67 % |
93.18 % |
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Posted On: Nov 12, 2009
Final table, six-handed, with the blinds at 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante, Begleiter raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun, Moon went all in from the big blind, Begleiter called.
Moon tried to use his superior chip position to leverage a fold from Begleiter, but his over-bet of essentially 21.7 million into the modest pot of 2.9 million was met with a quick call from the under-the-gun raiser. This pattern of over-betting would become part of Moon’s table image, which he continued to play into instead of against, enabling his opponents to make big calls later. Moon’s A-Q was dominated by the banker’s ladies, but a truly dramatic ace peeled off on the river, sending a dumbfounded Begleiter to the rail in sixth, for $1,587,160.
