World Series of Poker Main Event player muscles out opponent with same exact hand

The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event is in progress, and we’re up to the point where the remaining players — 8,663 people paid $10,000 to enter — are in the money.

This hand is a pretty interesting one. It stars Aaron Zhang and Dan Smith, and the video picks up on the turn. Both Smith and Zhang have King-Jack offsuit, and the board is Jack-6-9-King, giving them a tie should the hand play completely out.

Zhang checks, Smith bets 215,000 chips (he has a 2.4 million to Zhang’s 1.9M), Zhang raises to 675K. Smith calls.

The river? A 10. So that means both players have to look out for a straight if one of them has a Queen. I didn’t see the betting patterns before, but Zhang comes out firing with 780,000. Smith has to think about it, especially with 2,490,000 in the pot.

But he folds! And the conversation that follows is great. Smith asks if Zhang was bluffing, eventually revealing he had King-Jack.

Zhang: “Bad lay down.” OUCH.

Watch the whole thing: