E-Dog (aka Erick Lindgren) has been a top Vegas pro for a number of years but he has never cashed in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker. He was determined that 2011 would be different. He started out very bad the first day. He was down to less than 4,000 in chips. However, by day 5, he had worked his way back to more than 300K in chips when the following hand came up.
Everyone folded to E-Dog on the little blind. He put in a raise to 40K. The small blind called and the flop came KQQ. E-Dog bet 50K and the small blind went all-in. He had E-Dog covered. To many players, this would have been an instant call, but E-Dog took 2-3 minutes with his pocket aces. Then he saved his tournament by showing his aces and throwing them in the muck.
The incredulous player in the small blind then rolled of his pocket kings that would have been a huge favorite to bust E-Dog if he had called.
This was a truly great play by a great player.
