You wait an entire year to play the $10,000 WSOP Main Event. You get a good night's sleep, you come in with a solid strategy, and you visualize a deep tournament run for yourself.
You flop the nuts in a big pot in the first level... Moments later, you're walking to the exit, wondering what just happened.
That nightmare was a reality for Shane Martin, who was the first player eliminated in the marquee event's second flight on Thursday.
The hand: A flopped straight gets it in good
At the 200-big-blind level, Martin opened 
to 600, and only Eben Kurtzman called in the big blind. Martin flopped the nuts on the 
flop. Kurtzman checked, and Martin continued for 1,000. Kurtzman check-raised to 2,000, which would have been a welcome sight for Martin.
Martin three-bet the flop to 7,000, looking to get in as many chips as he could with the best possible hand. Kurtzman gave him what he wanted when he shoved 59,300 into the middle, which slightly covered Martin. Martin called it off and saw he was in fantastic shape to scoop a nearly 600-big-blind pot.
- Kurtzman:
(17.31% chance to win) - Martin: (81.72% chance to win)
The 
was a safe turn, and only four cards in the deck could end Martin's day. The devastating 
fell on the river, giving Martin a full house.
The aftermath
Martin stood in stunned silence for a few moments as the final chip count was verified. A few rogue comments broke the cumbrous silence.
"Better to be lucky than good," muttered a tablemate.
"That's fun," Martin finally said, before walking away from the table.
"Stack those f*****s up, baby," said his tablemate to Kurtzman.
Kurtzman is still in and has a stack of 82.4K on the dinner break.
