Mar 24, 2025
Photo: Joseph Vinecombe
Joseph Vinecombe has just staged a stunning comeback from just 1000. Before the rise, Vinecombe raised 35,000 leaving one orange chip behind worth 1000. Jim Pizanias makes the call and with no other takers, Pizanias shows his thinking Vinecombe is all in.
The dealer then spreads the flop for an instant full house to Pizanias. The dealer forgetfully turns the next card
, skipping the betting round. After the floor manager is called to decide, the turn is returned to the deck, Vinecombe checks, Pizanias bets, and Vinecombe folds, saving his last 1000. Pizanias wins the pot.
On the next hand Vinecombe goes all in from under the gun+1 and three players try to eliminate however when the flop runs , one player bets to push out the other two and shows
. Vinecombe has
. The turn
is no help to Vinecombe while the river
is the money card to earn him the main pot of 9000.
Now at under the gun, Vinecombe is all in again, and again three players make the call. They proceed to check down the board . Vinecombe flips open
and it’s good to ship the pot and increase to 41,000.
Next hand, Vinecombe is on the big blind and looks down at . Following a raise, he three-bets all in for 35,000 and gets called by
. The board runs out
, and again he ships it to rise to 79,000.
Not done yet, Vinecombe wins another two pots. On a board , Sukhun Yun tank-folds to Vinecombe’s jam. Vinecombe says he had a nine for open-ended and Yun says he had king-jack. The next winning hand is a limped pot with Vinecombe on the big blind. He calls a 7000 flop bet on
board. With no bets on the turn
, Vinecombe bets 22,000 on the river
, gets the call, then ships again with
two pair.
Joseph Vinecombe – 200,000 (33 bb)