The Most Iconic Poker Hand! Johnny Chan vs. Erik Seidel at 1988 WSOP Main Event!

One of the most iconic hands in poker history! 🏆 Johnny Chan trapped Erik Seidel at the 1988 WSOP Main Event!

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[mcfly]

Seidel as stand the test of time. Truly a great player.

[njacobdekelaita]

going all in after the river when the other guy has the nuts IS the best way to end a heads up match.

[sluggy]

"From there I think my inexperience showed up, he is the best player in the world. He just outplayed me"
- Phil Helmuth

[dustystephens]

I hope Erik doesn’t give up on poker, hang in there kid…😉

[forsaken]

When they interview Seidel they say Chan turned the straight but he flopped it. Turn was a deuce. Gotta love the 80s, ah close enough it’s fine, attitude.

[apbrown]

Funny looking at this hand in the light of 2024. I could be wrong here but…flop click back check raise (and was that a string?). Turn check then river shove?? 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

[shawner]

Wow there so young here this is b4 I was born

[unsppabl]

How much is his shove on the river and how much is there in the pot. Curious if Sidel was value betting or bluffing?

[mlpokercrews]

I can't believe Chan folded his hand face up...then realized he had the nut straight so quickly moved his stack in after to make it look like a call :-) LOL

[michaelhauser]

did you have it?
I'm sorry John, I don't remember

[BillyBob-puvc]

Wow who is this Eric kid?
Just likely a flash in the pan!

[mohammedhakim]

700, 000 for first place and 280, 000 for second place in 1988 was a lot better then today's payments 😕

[DeathblowMateria]

Wtf is that Chris Hansen from To Catch a Predator?!

[scottb]

I like how they didn't show the players cards right away. Letting the viewer try to guess what they have.

[dustystephens]

How many players in this tournament? 100?

[KronStaro]

younger generation always playst fast poker, it never changes.

[Potterholic]

And now they both have ten bracelets, are both hall of famers, are two of the greatest poker players of all time.

Probably one of the best heads up matchups in WSOP Main Event history (maybe only Hellmuth vs Chan in 1989 surpasses it).

[JerryThomas-fgms]

im curious how they knew each player's hands since this was before hole cards were a thing and obviously its too early for them to be using RFID

[breakit]

He is still winning and playing like a champion is Eric. It was a strange shove at the river, nobody does that with a pair these days.

[ambientexpanse]

I love how back in the day they referred to chips in dollar amounts