Justin Shronk's cousin, Brian Lemke, buckled down and beat a talented final table to capture Event #15.
In one of the better stories from the 2009 WSOP so far, Brian Lemke, the cousin of recently departed Poker Road radio producer Justin Shronk, won Event #15 ($5,000 NLH), defeating a talented final table for his first bracelet.
Lemke earned $692,658 for the win, which also was his first-ever WSOP cash. He defeated Fabian Quoss heads-up for the title. On the final hand, Lemke was all-in with A-8 vs. Quoss’ A-Q. He turned a Queen to make a straight for the win.
After the victory, Lemke said of Shronk:
“He was with me the whole time – the entire time. I know he brought that queen for me. I miss him and that bracelet is dedicated to him, my family, my grandma, and his mom.”
Read the full recap here.
June 9, 2009 1:31 pm,
Maybe I’m missing something, but how could he have been all-in on the final hand and then win? Maybe he shoved and was called, but he still wouldn’t be all-in. Maybe I’m reading it wrong…
June 9, 2009 3:23 pm,
right, cos that was the part of the story you were supposed to focus on…
June 9, 2009 4:37 pm,
this site is such a leader in the hand anaylsis of tournament poker, i can’t believe this mistake made the story. must be fixed asap, imo.
June 9, 2009 5:09 pm,
Couldn’t he have raised “all in” preflop, regardless of having more chips?
June 10, 2009 7:45 pm,
He and his opponent were all in pre flop and Brian turned a Q high straight he had A8 on a flop of 9-10-J
June 11, 2009 1:29 pm,
yes but the chipcounts are what’s lacking in the story (and that he didn’t really go “all in”, apparently his opponent did).
June 11, 2009 4:18 pm,
Honestly, who gives a shit.