Kevin Schaffel got all his money in with the hand most poker players dream of; pocket aces versus pocket kings. Only the hand turned into a nightmare in a hurry.

Schaffel opened the betting with a raise to 1,250,000, Steven Begleiter called from the cutoff and Eric Buchman re-raised to 5,750,000. Schaffel moved all-in for 17,000,000 causing Begleiter to fold. Buchman went into the tank, stood up and after asking for a count of Schaffel’s bet made the call. Buchman tabled K K but Schaffel showed A A and for the second time at the final table we had aces versus kings.

The flop came K Q J giving Buchman a set but giving Schaffel the four remaining tens as outs to a straight as well as the final two aces for a higher set. But the K on the turn gave Buchman quad kings and rendered the river meaningless.

“Up until (today) I think one of the biggest things is I haven’t gotten unlucky and that always helps,” said Schaffel. “I’m a little speechless right now. It’s really hard to take in.”

Buchman walked away with $1,300,231 which he will add to his $607,421 lifetime earnings.

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