Juvenile, however nonetheless humorous
The WSOP+ app, used to register for World Sequence of Poker occasions, hold monitor of the progress of tournaments, and extra, has gotten rave evaluations in these early days of the summer time poker pageant. One characteristic that the app’s builders will definitely be updating, although, is the one that enables gamers to make use of no matter title they need on the app. And all of us have Christopher Zollo to thank.
Zollo registered for Occasion #2: $500 Business Staff No-Restrict Maintain’em, beneath the title “SuckMe69”. This may need gone unnoticed, if not for the truth that Zollo not solely made Day 2 of the match, however received all the way in which to heads-up play in opposition to Phovieng Keokham.
Sadly for all of our leisure, the WSOP powers-that-be made Zollo change his monicker on the app, so it simply grew to become his boring, day-after-day title.
So shut, so shut
So, in abstract, it was humorous that somebody known as himself “SuckMe69” on the WSOP+ app when everyone else simply used their actual names after which went on to get to heads-up. However Zollo was so very near turning into some of the legendary gamers in World Sequence of Poker historical past.
Heads-up and trailing, Zollo regarded down and noticed his gap playing cards: 6-9. It was destiny. There have been no two higher playing cards he may have had at that second to get himself again within the sport. He opened the betting and after Keokham re-raised, Zollo determined the poker gods had been on his aspect and moved all-in in opposition to his opponent’s A-Q.
And there it was. The flop produced a 9, giving Mr. SuckMe69 the lead with two playing cards to go. He was an enormous favourite now. He might have needed to change his title within the app, however the poker gods knew who he actually was.
Apart from the truth that the flip was a Queen, the river bricked, and Phovieng Keokham received the match.
We nearly had one of many best highlights in WSOP historical past, however hey, it doesn’t at all times work out. And for Phovieng Keokham, that Zollo went for the meme play was the most effective outcome he may have dreamed up, because it gave him his first WSOP gold bracelet.
