Top Ten WSOP ME Winning Hands Trivia Quiz

Answer: Four

In this hand Demidov was rather unlucky because the card that gave him two pair gave Eastgate a wheel. In heads up play two pair is a very strong hand. At this point Demidov's only hope is to fill up, get a full house, so he has four outs, either of the remaining 4's or 2's.

The 7 of Spades fell on the river and Eastgate became the youngest player to win the Main Event. He has since been surpassed by Joe Cada as the youngest player to win.

Answer: 13

Preflop Tomko was a monster favorite with an 82.13% chance to win the hand. The flop however changed that dramatically and his odds decreased to only 51.52%. At this point Mortenson has a ton of outs to win the hand. Any Club gives him a flush so that's nine outs (AJ9876542). Any 9 but the 9c gives him a straight so that's three more outs.

The Ace of Diamonds would also give him a straight so that's one more out. 9+3+1=13 outs twice. The turn was a blank (3d) which increased Tomko's odds back up to 75%.

The river was the 9d giving Mortenson the straight and the victory.

Answer: Yes, but he needs running Diamonds for a flush

Hachem could not have asked for a better flop as he flopped the nut straight but Danneman still had outs. Although Danneman could still tie that answer is not the most accurate because he can still win. If Danneman could get running Diamonds he would have a flush, which would beat Hachem's straight.

The turn was the Ace of Spades which effectively killed Danneman's chances to win the hand but he still had a chance to tie with any of the remaining 7's. His odds of hitting this miracle for the tie were only 6.82%.

The 4s fell on the river giving Hachem the hand and the victory.

Answer: 13

Johnny Chan picked up a lot of outs on the turn. On the flop he had only six outs to win the hand, any remaining A(3) or any remaining T(3). The Ace would give him a better pair and the Ten would counterfeit Helmuth's pair and give Chan a better two pair. Chan would have Kings and Tens with an Ace kicker where Helmuth would have Kings and Tens with a Nine kicker.

The Qs on the turn increased the number of outs substantially. Chan could now hit any remaining Q(3) for a better two pair or any J(4) for a straight. 3+3+3+4=13 Therefore, on the flop Chan had six outs and a 26.26% chance to win and on the turn he increased that to 13 outs and a 29.55% chance.

The 6s fell on the river giving Helmuth the hand and the victory.

Answer: Nine

Cloutier pushed all in preflop with a very strong hand. Statistically, Ferguson made a very loose call but admitted as he did it he was willing to gamble so he figured he was behind and he was right. After the turn Ferguson only had nine outs to either win or chop the pot. Any 2(3) or any 4(3) would chop the pot and any 9(3) would win it. 3+3+3=9. Preflop Cloutier was a 71% favorite. On the flop that improved to an 81.72% favorite and on the river it stayed about the same at 79.55%. On the turn, Ferguson had only a 6.82% chance to win the hand and a 13.64% chance to tie it.

He hit a miracle 9h on the river to win the hand and claim the victory.

Answer: Two

At this point Wasicka is in a world of hurt with only two legimate outs, either of the remaining Tens. Although he could technically hit runner runner Hearts for a flush, this option ended when the Ad came on the turn. The 4c hit on the river giving Gold the hand and the victory.

Gold had been talking to players during the whole Main Event, getting them to either fold when he was behind or call when he was ahead. His talk was borderline in many instances as to what was acceptable since revealing the contents of your hand is not allowed. Since 2006, the WSOP has instituted the Jamie Gold rule which restricts a player's ability to talk like Jamie did.

Answer: The hand ends in a tie and split pot

With both players holding an Ace and an Ace coming on the flop, there was little doubt that all the money would end up in the middle. The 3d on the turn made a split pot the likeliest outcome. The odds of a tie were 52.27%. The odds of Strzemp holding on to win were the next likeliest at 31.82%. Stu only had a 15.91% chance to win the hand outright.

The river brought the 2s and gave Stu the unlikely victory. This was the third time Stu had won the Main Event, making him the first person to do so. Johnny Moss also claimed three titles but one of his was the first year when it was done by a vote and not by playing. Ungar is the only player to win the title three times.

Answer: Yes, but only one

Although Scotty's hand looks unbeatable there is one card that could beat him, if McBride held the 8d in his hand he would have quads and that would beat Scotty's full house. McBride actually held QhTh and never should have continued with the hand after the flop with a paired board.

Although he had a flush draw and a gut-shot straight draw on the flop, the paired board made a full house highly possible and he would be drawing dead. Scotty's statement elicited the response he wanted from McBride who made the call believing Scotty was bluffing. Scotty was not bluffing and won the hand and the victory.

Answer: Five

Moneymaker flopped two pair vs. Farha's top pair. At this point, Farha needed to improve to either trips or a better two pair if he was going to win the hand. This means any of the remaining J(2) or T(3) would give him the win. 2+3=5. On the turn, the 8d came giving Farha three more outs, any remaining 8(3). On the flop, Moneymaker had a 75.45% chance to win the hand which improved to a 81.82% chance on the turn. The river brought the 5h, needlessly filling up Moneymaker and giving him the hand and the victory.

Moneymaker's win is credited with starting the poker boom because he won his seat in an online satellite and players figured if he could do it they could do it. Since then no established pro has won the Main Event as of 2011.

Answer: Yes, but he needs running cards to make a full house

Chan had hit a dream flop with the nut straight and Seidel was in a world of hurt. Seidel's only chance to win the hand was if he got some combination of running cards to make a full house. There were many possible ways this could happen. The 2c fell on the turn though, effectively ending any chances Seidel had to win or tie the hand. It was on the turn that Chan pushed all in and Seidel called him drawing dead, a scene that was immortalized in the movie "Rounders".

Also of interest is the fact that both of these hands have nicknames. Chan's hand of Jc9c is called the TJ Cloutier, named after the man who finished runner up in the Main Event twice. Any J9 is called this but for Cloutier it was the Jc9c that he made famous. In one year TJ held the hand three different times at three different big money tables and flopped the straight flush all three times. As stated on http://www.online-poker-insider.com/articles/opi-t-j-cloutier-poker-legend.html. Seidel's hand Q7 is called the computer hand because it is statistically the median hand against all hands that a player can have.