Poker Player's Interesting Reaction After Winning $15 Million

[petegreg21]

Talk about having a good poker face!

[rataylor22]

He looks actually upset lol. WTH?

[vitun-tyhmä]

He looks actually upset lol. WTH?

I know right, maybe its like what your mother used to say "if you keep making that face it will stay that way", he poker-faced too much

[petegreg21]

I know right, maybe its like what your mother used to say "if you keep making that face it will stay that way", he poker-faced too much

LOL! Either that or the classic "act like you've been here before" type of thing.

He looks pretty disengaged though. Anything but happy. Very old indeed.

[JagrBomb]

reminds me of this kid after he won the spelling bee tournament:

[horrorfan]

My guess is shock and it hasn't sunk in what he's done. Or uncomfortable with the spotlight being on him?

[Savvy1982]

I don't think your brain in that moment can really process $15M, or how much your life is going to change in the future.

[doulos]

He also refused pretty much all interviews and stuff after the fact. It's almost like he's really angry that he didn't stake more of his own money into the event or something. Really odd. Could be just his personality though - or some low grade Aspergers (I don't mean that in a mocking way. Truthfully)

[Stringer]

When I win $5 on a scratch ticket, I be like

[STLblues]

I think some editing was involved there as looked to repeat a couple frames....also originally he probably didn't want to rub it in as he had the lesser hand until the turn card shocked everyone.

[The Bottlenecker]

I would piss my pants, and then probably adopt the same face he has.

So obviously, he pissed himself.

[newfcollins]

Complete opposite of when Antonio won it last year (skip to the 8:20 mark in the video below). That guy celebrated like crazy, and maybe this year's winner figured he would be more subdued?

[Zorro]

It looks as though he had some indigestion and didn't want to make any false moves..

Was he clenching??

[forumname]

http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...p-exit-589736/

"First off, I don't owe poker a single thing. I've been fortunate enough to benefit financially from this game, but I have played it long enough to see the ugly side of this world," he said. "It is not a game where the pros are always happy and living a fulfilling life."

[golfguy1672]

I think most of that reaction is because he sucked out to win it. He is definitely happy to win. But when you 4 out it, I could see there being a bit of a bitter taste in his own mouth