A WSOP Main Event player with Aces lost with the unluckiest run of cards in a 5.4-million chip hand

What luck!

This is poker for you.

You could have the best starting hand like Adrian Mateos did at the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event with Aces … and lose on a bad beat.

Mateos raised a bunch and Adrian Garcia stayed in with the Ace-King of spades. Normally, that’s a hand that would have easily eliminated Garcia while facing Aces. But when the players went all-in, the flop had a 10 of spades.

The turn? A 9 of spades. Uh-oh. Another spade would give Garcia the flush and save his tournament, while putting a huge dent in Mateos’s stack.

Guess what was on the river? The 3 of spades. Devastating!

All in against ACES!

The action continues on Day 5 of the @WSOP Main Event.

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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 11, 2024