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The final hand of WSOP main event 1988. A truly classic poker moment!

In Johnny Chan’s own words:

“We’re going back to the days of long hair, when I was 30 pounds lighter and everybody smoked. It’s when Erik Seidel played in a style that made him easy to trap. You checked, he bet – you knew he would bet no matter what. After starting the final day with only 200,000 chips, I managed to run it up to about 1.4m. Erik had close to 300,000. I was dealt Jc-9c and not much happened before the flop. Then it came Q-8-T rainbow – perfect cards for me. He checked and I’d flopped the nut straight. I knew it was sweet, but I focused on the best way to get as much of Erik’s money as possible.”

This is the clip featured in the poker cult classic movie Rounders. Check out the clip from the movie right here.

Johnny Chan calls this hand the best he ever played.

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