The World Series of Poker Main Event isn’t any old tournament. It is often said that it has both the best and the worst players in the world all playing for the title. In 2006, it was a record top prize for the Main Event, an incredible $12,000,000.

It was eye-watering money for the eventual winner, Jamie Gold to win, and while he was backed into the event and would only eventually be entitled to half of the money automatically after a court case prompted his settlement, it was still big, big money.

In the final hand of the event, Gold was up against Dallas man Paul Wasicka, whose pocket tens were ahead of Gold pre-flop. Gold’s queen-nine hit on the flop, however, which is where the action happened.

Pre-flop, it had all been quite friendly, a raise to 1.3 million chips from Wasicka, a call from Gold. It was the same on the flop, although Wasicka’s bet was 1.5m. Gold, however, played what was his trump card in the event, going all-in and relieving himself of the pressure of making any decision at all. Having made his final move in the hand, he was then free to discuss – heads-up as he had so often in the tournament to that point – the hand in detail.