Monday, September 15, 2008

Poker examples to live by

There is a reason I am sitting in media row and not playing in a $10k. I obviously don't have the skills to compete at this level but I'm seeing some action that baffles.

A player who bought or satellited his way into the Main Event gets into a pre-flop battle that involved a string bet and two large stacks. Once that was settled the flop came out AA4. Early position player put out a pot sized bet and the string bettor pushed all-in after some thought. EP ended up calling with KQ and Mr. Stringbet was happy.

Until he flipped over his cards and realized he misread his hand. Instead of the all-power (and potentially winning hand) 64o, he was actually holding the inferior hand of 62.

Lesson learned and the rail will be his companion.

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