This hand occurred during the 2024 WSOP Main Event final table between Jordan Griff and seasoned professional Joe Serock. There were 10 players left from a record-breaking Main Event field of 10,112 entries.
The eventual winner would take home $10,000,000 and the 10th-place finisher would get $800,000. The next player out would also miss out on the official final table of nine.
Serock was the chip leader at the table, sitting on a 136,700,000 stack. Griff sat to Serock’s direct left and was fourth in chips with 79,200,000. The blinds were 800,000/1,600,000 with a 1,600,000 big blind ante.
Griff shared that this hand was pivotal because it catapulted him to the chip lead and pretty much assured the quiet Illinoian a spot in the final nine.
In the video above, Griff talks through the hand moment-to-moment, providing exclusive insight into the thought process of a recreational player playing out a dream scenario for poker players worldwide.
No professional aspirations for Griff
Griff is like most recreational poker players worldwide – he plays for the love of the game. The slight difference is that he banked a cool $6,000,000 last week at the biggest and most prestigious event in poker.
“I'm just a casual player; I play for fun,” confessed Griff. “And I do pretty well at it. But for me, it's always just been a game I love. And part of me wants to keep it that way. I don't want it to become my full-time job. I love the game and want to keep that love for it.”
