Hawkins is playing the final table of Monster Stack at WSOP.

Here is link to what happened...https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop...monster-stack/

(excerpt from article)
As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."

Was this really an all time legendary fold from Hawkins if he goes on the win the tourney and bracelet for the $1 million prize??

What do the poker fans/players think? Legendary or not?

wtf?

Guy makes a standard fold itt.

Also the flat pre flop seems marginal.

wow soul read

Yeah doesn't seem all that special.

Agreed, for those wondering about the hand:

Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from middle position, and Maurice Hawkins called from the cutoff. Richard Ma was on the button and moved all in for 9,100,000. Soika asked for a count and eventually called. Hawkins folded.

Ma was at risk with JJ , and was well behind the AA of Soika. As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."

The board ran out 83238 , and Ma was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader.

If folding 99 to a 3-bet shove and call makes you legendary, then I'm the Phil Hellmuth of folding.

I think it's totally standard and can't imagine how it deserves a thread dedicated to it.

As others have pointed out, it's not only not "legendary", it's not even worthy of conversation.

exactly, especially with big pay jumps.

What is the purpose of this thread?

it is worthy of conversation.

Almost 100 percent of players will ship 99 with 12 bigs to a mid-position preflop open from the massive chipleader. Hawkins soul read him for strength and almost folded preflop but decided to call in case of AK and low cards flop. At that point if he ran into QQ+ so be it was a cold deck.

But Hawkins fold was very impressive because of the non-ship.

not sure if this thread is a level or not. Assuming it is.

I don't think OP knows what "legendary" means. We do need to know stack sizes etc. but the fold seems fairly routine.

lol standard folds in donkaments don't need a thread brah