Mansour Matloubi
The Most Incredible Hand Mansour Matloubi was the first European to win at the WSOP. In 1990 before the final battle he played against Hans 'Tuna' Lund. Mansour was sitting with: A pocket pair is a very good hand. Before the flop. His opponent was sitting with: Mansour raised to &75,000. Lund called. The flop gave Lund an overpair with the best possible kicker: With an overpair Lund check-raised. Matloubi moved all-in. It was very hard for Lund to fold this hand… And he didn’t fold. He called. The hands were turned over… Lund hoped to see a nine or an ace on the turn. The ace of spades came. Matloubi was very nervous. He got up. He was ready to leave the table. But the river brought another T: And though it wasn’t a final hand it was definetely the turning point. Mansour had only two outs to win the pot… 44 unseen cards and only two could help them. It was called “the most incredible hand in WSOP history”.Mansour’s List Of Wins1) 1990 – NL Holdem (Championship Event) – 1st2) 1993 – NL Holdem – 4th3) 1994 – NL Holdem – 16th4) 1995 – Limit Omaha – 15th5) 1995 – PL Omaha – 8th6) 1995 – Seven-Card Stud – 4th7) 1995 – PL Holdem – 17th8) 1996 – Seven-Card Stud – 5th9) 1997 – PL Omaha – 6th10) 1997 – Omaha 8 or Better – 16th11) 2001 – Limit Holdem – 12th
Mansour Matloubi was the first European to win at the WSOP. In 1990 before the final battle he played against Hans 'Tuna' Lund. Mansour was sitting with 10d 10c. A pocket pair is a very good hand. Before the flop. His opponent was sitting with ac 9d. Mansour raised to 75,000. Lund called.
The flop gave Lund an overpair with the best possible kicker: With an overpair Lund check-raised. Matloubi moved all-in. It was very hard for Lund to fold this hand… And he didn’t fold. He called. The hands were turned over… Lund hoped to see a nine or an ace on the turn. The ace of spades came. Matloubi was very nervous. He got up. He was ready to leave the table. But the river brought another T: And though it wasn’t a final hand it was definetely the turning point. Mansour had only two outs to win the pot… 44 unseen cards and only two could help them. It was called “the most incredible hand in WSOP history”.Mansour’s List Of Wins1) 1990 – NL Holdem (Championship Event) – 1st2) 1993 – NL Holdem – 4th3) 1994 – NL Holdem – 16th4) 1995 – Limit Omaha – 15th5) 1995 – PL Omaha – 8th6) 1995 – Seven-Card Stud – 4th7) 1995 – PL Holdem – 17th8) 1996 – Seven-Card Stud – 5th9) 1997 – PL Omaha – 6th10) 1997 – Omaha 8 or Better – 16th11) 2001 – Limit Holdem – 12th
