The match between Paul Wasicka and Jamie Gold he set to be the inspiration for the match between Erik Seidel and Johnny Chan. The heads-up encounter was the grand master taking on the rank amateur as Chan had already won the Main Event the previous year and this result represented Seidel's first cash in a major tournament. The final hand was immortalised in the Hollywood poker film, Rounders, and saw both players limp into the pot and the dealer put out the Qs-8d-Th flop. Seidel initially checked, Chan bet 40,000 and Seidel check-raised to 90,000. Chan made the call and both players checked the 2s on the turn. The river saw the 6d make an appearance and Seidel quickly moved all in with his Qc7h that had made top pair but was crushed as Chan held Jc-9c and had flopped the nut straight.
Since then both Chan and Seidel have gone onto win another eight WSOP bracelets and both have more than $24,000,000 in combined live tournament winnings, and are true legends of the game. Most online poker players will not have had the opportunity to watch these two Goliath's the first time around but they will be able to watch them play each other in a rematch on June 2 at the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker.