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Winning poker hand in WSOP 1976

In the beginning of the 1976 WSOP final game Doyle Brunson’s stack was about three times larger than Jesse Alto’s. Brunson held

and Jesse Alto was holding

Alto had a fairly good hand so he bet. Brunson called and both players saw the flop which showed

Alto now had two pairs - aces and jacks while Brunson only had a pair of tens. Alto bet and "Texas Dolly" went all in. Jesse was confident to win. The deuce on the turn didn't change that feeling as his hand still was better. But the river took all his confidence away:

Brunson had Alto beaten with a full house and received $220,000 as well as his second WSOP bracelet.

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