Michael Jordan wins another trophy!

Source: Poker.com

Recently longtime New York Knick player Trent Tucker, had a charity event to benefit the “Trent Tucker Youth Program.”Normally, this event is all about the golf, and people pay a minimum of $5,000 per person to play with the likes of Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett, Patrick Ewing, Byron Scott, Charles Oakley, Scottie Pippen and many other NBA stars and celebrities. The 2006 version included a no-limit Hold ’em charity poker tournament at Canterbury Card Casino.

About 120 players entered the poker tournament including Johnny Chan, Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Phil Gordon, Liz Liu, John Phan, Patrick Antonious, Marcel Luske, Phil Hellmuth and of course the No. 1 celebrity in the world, Michael Jordan. Jordan was chip leader for most of the night, at one stage he called the $4,000 big blind bet (he limped in) in late position with A-A.

Limping in with pocket aces is a pretty sophisticated play, and it worked like a charm when the flop came down 8-6-2, and he busted the player in the small blind (who was holding Q-8). Later Jordan limped in with A-J, whereupon the small blind moved all-in with A-10, and the big blind called all-in with his short stack of chips with 10-3. He called, and was a huge favorite to win an enormous pot. The flop was J-4-4 and Jordan busted two players on one hand on his way to the final table still in the chip lead.

Phil Gordon announced the final table action while the spectators gathered around seven deep to watch Jordan attempt to win one more championship. One key hand Jordan had 5-5, with a flop of 7s-7d-2s, and he bet out. The only player at the table that had him covered moved all-in, and Jordan — who had been playing with that particular player all night — studied for almost 80 seconds before he called. It was a great call, and Jordan now took a huge chip lead with three players remaining. When Jordan made it down to the final two players, he was all-in with A-7 vs. his opponents Q-9. He needed the A-7 to stand up (he was about a 57 percent favorite), and if it did, then he would have a huge chip lead.

The flop came down 8-7-6, and now the player with the Q-9 needed a five, a nine, a ten, or a queen. It was a dangerous flop for Jordan, but the next card was a seven, and now he only had to hold off a five or a 10 on the last card. The last card was a jack, and Jordan went on to win the title, the trophy, and the $25,000 first place prize, which he promptly donated right back to the Trent Tucker Charity, along with the $50,000 he paid for the custom made “chopper” motorcycle he bought for his friend Mr. Oakley.

This was Jordan's first Hold ’em tournament win, but he is a man who collects titles, so watch out poker world!