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When it came to the final table in 1991 Brad Daugherty was holding.
 
and Don Holt had limped with
 
Daugherty’s hand was quite good even for multiway pot not to say heads up. So he raised to $75,000. And what did Don Holt do? Did he remember good old TJ’s words that one should not overestimate suited cards and play them as if they were offsuit? No, Holt didn’t think about these words. I believe, he did not think about anything on that second because he called the raise.
The flop was
  
and it gave Daugherty a pair of Jacks which was the top pair. Holt was still on a draw and needed a 10 to make his straight.
So Brad checked and Dom moved all-in with about $450,000. It was a usual semi-bluff but the flop was very dangerous. So Brad called his opponent’s bet and they both saw
 
and thus Brad Daugherty who had top pair became the first player in the history of the WSOP to win $1 million.
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