It’s been virtually 20 years since Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson played an epic game of chicken while heads-up for the Monte Carlo Millions. The hand featured each gamers engaged in a leveling conflict, neither prepared to surrender the pot with out a combat.
For years, it stood out as poker’s most memorable televised bluffing battle, however maybe it has been dethroned by the confrontation between Antonio Galiana and Johan Guilbert on Friday evening.
The two poker execs had been heads-up for $439,395 and a bracelet on the World Series of Poker $2,500 no-limit maintain’em occasion, and PokerGO cameras caught all of the motion within the tournament-defining hand.
Watch the hand under.
Guilbert, who’s a poker content material creator often known as ‘Yoh Viral,’ held a tiny lead over Galiana, though each gamers had been sitting with greater than 50 massive blinds.
With the blinds at 200,000-400,000, Guilbert accomplished from the small blind with J
2
, and Galiana checked his choice with 7 5
. Both gamers then proceeded to examine all the way down to the river on a board of 10
6 3 8 2.
With neither participant holding a membership and a flush on board, extra checking would lead to a chopped pot. However, there was no extra checking to be performed.
Galiana wager 900,000, hoping to steal the three massive blinds within the center. Guilbert thought for a bit earlier than elevating to 1,950,000.
“This is very bizarre,” stated PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks. “It’s a game of chicken. Who will jump out of the way first?”
It was clear that neither participant believed the opposite was holding a lot of a hand, and positively not the A. Galiana took lower than 30 seconds earlier than elevating to six,300,000.
“Nobody has anything!” exclaimed Hanks.
At this level, most individuals would have given up their bluff, however Guilbert went into the tank.
“Is he considering something… heroic?” requested Hanks.
Eventually, Guilbert opted for a min-raise to 10,650,000, or half of his stack.
Incredibly, Galiana was undeterred, and responded with an all-in. Guilbert rapidly mucked, and Galiana proudly tabled his bluff.
Galiana would go on to shut out the match and earn his first bracelet together with $439,395. Guilbert settled for $292,927. This was his third runner-up end with a bracelet on the road, having additionally completed second in each the 2021 WSOP Europe foremost occasion and the 2019 WSOP $3,000 shootout occasion.
The ultimate desk additionally featured six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (third), two-time bracelet winner Juha Helppi (4th), bracelet winner Romain Lewis (fifth), 15-time Circuit Ring winner and up to date World Poker Tour foremost occasion winner Joshua Reichard (sixth), bracelet winner Patrick Leonard (seventh), and WSOP foremost occasion ultimate tablist Eoghan O’Dea (ninth).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Antonio Galiana | $439,395 | 1440 |
| 2 | Johan Guilbert | $292,927 | 1200 |
| 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | $209,358 | 960 |
| 4 | Juha Helppi | $151,592 | 720 |
| 5 | Romain Lewis | $111,222 | 600 |
| 6 | Joshua Reichard | $82,702 | 480 |
| 7 | Patrick Leonard | $62,334 | 360 |
| 8 | David Goodman | $47,632 | 240 |
| 9 | Eoghan O’Dea | $36,908 | 120 |
Watch Phil Ivey vs. Paul Jackson from the 2005 Monte Carlo Millions
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Screenshot of PokerGO broadcast. Winner picture credit score: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas.
