WSOP 2008
Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th
by Court on 04.24.08, 11:04 pm
Alan Sass picked a good time to win a bet in which Tom “durrrr” Dwan had to do something for the duration of a tournament. The bet involved Dwan being on time, he wasn’t, and the payoff was Dwan having to wear a hat of Alan’s choice for the length of his run in the WPT Championship.
Day 1 was a fruit hat, day 2 a pink feather headpiece, day 4 a bowling pin cap, and today an impressive pink flamingo upon Tom’s skull. Dwan seemed to settle in and almost forget he was playing in a huge tournament while wearing ridiculous items on his head and looked poised to be in the position of having to figure out what to do with the bet if he made it to the televised final table.
He came up just short of that though, ultimately being eliminated in 9th place for $184,670. Dwan was in with the best of it, but in poker things change fast. Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll opened a pot for 350k and Tom moved over the top all in. Caroll called with the A
J
and Tom turned over his KK
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The flop was no help to Cory but the A on the turn gave him what he needed to outrun Dwan’s kings. Dwan’s elimination left the field 8 handed and Karga Holt was out the door soon after Dwan, finishing in 8th place for $211,050.