Weinman vs Jones
World Series of Poker, Main Event, 2023. The final hand.
A long think for the 2023 title
The hand
Steven Jones and Daniel Weinman. Blinds 1.25M / 2.5M, ante 2.5M.
Before the flop
- Blinds 1.25M and 2.5M. Jones has the button.
- Jones raises to 7M.
- Weinman calls.
The flop
- Weinman checks.
- Jones bets 6M.
Weinman raises to 18.5M. Why
Weinman. Top pair with a good kicker is well ahead of a button bet, and a raise charges the spade and straight draws on this board.
- Jones calls.
The turn
Weinman bets 38M. Why
Weinman. Jones called the raise with a jack, a pair below or a draw. A bet keeps charging all of them.
- Jones raises to 146M and is all in.
- Weinman calls. The famous decision
The river
The turn
The famous decision
Weinman. A long think usually means a hand that is not sure it is good: a weaker jack or a middle pair, not a set. King-jack beats those, and Weinman said the think felt like real uncertainty.
Jones had a jack with an eight. The king kicker played, and Weinman won the title.
The result
Weinman wins at the showdown with Pair of Jacks.
- JonesJ♣8♦
- WeinmanK♣J♦Wins
Why it is famous
On the final hand of the 2023 Main Event Steven Jones thought for minutes on the turn, then moved all in with a pair of jacks and an eight kicker. Daniel Weinman called with the same pair and a king, and won $12.1 million. He told PokerNews the long think "felt like genuine uncertainty," a "middling pair or a weak jack."
What to take from it
A long think before an all in more often means a medium hand than a monster.
Sources
What the sources do not say. Jones’s stack is worked out from his bets and his all in. Weinman covered him easily: heads-up began 443 million to 159.5 million. How long Jones thought before moving all in is given as a few minutes and as more than four.
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