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the more i think about it, between this hand and the AA vs. KK hand barry and sammy have at the end of last season, there are rigged hands to create drama/interest.


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Do you think this happen at the World Series of Poker too?

Last year, Sammy Farha was dealt AT on the very first hand of the Main Event on the TV table. His opponent was dealt TT. The flop came A,A,T giving them both full-houses.

In 2003, ESPN produced a segment on Robert Varkonyi's attempts to repeat as champion. Then, they showed him betting busted with KK vs. Scotty Nguyen's AA. Not only was it AA vs. KK but it was also against a former WSOP champion.

What about the strange final hands of so many tournaments?

2000: Ferguson hits a three outer when the 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] hits on the river and A9 beats AQ (all-in pre-flop)

2001: Tomko's AA gets cracked when Mortenson flops both a flush draw and OESD and wins when a red 9 determines the championship for the second year in a row (9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] this time)

2002: Varkonyi's magic hand, QTo, makes runner-runner full house while Gardner makes a flush

2003: Moneymaker flops middle and bottom pair against Farha's top pair.

2004: Raymer and Williams both make full-houses. It's the third year in a row, the winner makes a full-house on the final hand.

2005: Hachem flops a straight while Dannenmann turns top pair with the striaght draw.

You could go back before 2000 and find many more "suspicious" final hands.

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they dont rig the hands, a tourney is prolly gonna end when both players think they have the best of it, the only way this wouldnt happen is if someone was bluffing or someone had a severe short stack