“I got into the TV truck about five minutes after the money had gone in, to find the production crew in a state somewhere between a hushed silence and an excited frenzy,” May wrote. Writing in the late PokerPlayer magazine, May offered up some first-hand insight from that fateful night. George: “Yeah I can, I thought you…you know something, you made it six thousand and I… cool…nice hand.” Jesse May: Dwan was a class act
George: “If I had a flush I’d call you instantly.” It’s got everything, from a young Ike Haxton on commentary – “this pot will go down in the history of TV poker, this is just incredible” – to the cruel 7-2 rule that saw a shattered George having to stump up an extra $10k after being shown the bluff.ĭwan announced he had 7-2 after making an uncharacteristically large pre-flop raise, and that fact came back to haunt George in the post-hand analysis.ĭwan: “I thought you had a flush you were thinking for so long.” The hand is one of the best from an era when Dwan was changing the game.
