Unedited poker story from Poophead Freedo:
Yesterday I played in the Colorado Open, the state poker championship played in Blackhawk, CO (our little mountain casino town). There were 155 entrants, paying $100 a piece. First prize, in addition to cash, was a $10,000 seat to the WPT L.A. Poker Classic. Yours truly entered as my game has been really solid recently. Here is the report.
I made it through the field pretty easily, amassing a good solid stack but definitely not the chip leader. I was fortunate enough to make the final table. For some strange reason, they were only paying 5 spots in this tourney, which seemed odd but the payouts were pretty nice. I got down to the final six, when I became the short stack. I made a desperation all-in when I caught a pair of 10s, and I got called by 4 players! I thought I was finished for sure. Would you know, the 2-outer hit on the flop, and after a decent side pot was won by someone, I took down the main and quadrupled up. By the way, I did need to mention I called an all in with 5-3 off suit when a guy pushed 2x the big blind in and hit a straight. That was pretty cool.
But then, tragedy struck. I was 2nd in chips out of six, and when the blinds were 2000-4000 the guy to my right raised to 14,000. I looked down and had Pocket A’s. I thought about just limping in and calling, as I had 48,000 in chips and was second only to the guy on my right. I decided I was going to go for LA and push. I pushed all-in and he immediately called. He showed pocket 9’s.
Now I guess the question for the poop community is, do you call me if you are that guy? I wouldn’t, I would know I’m beat.
Pocket A’s vs Pocket 9’s. I’m feeling good. I see myself sitting down with Affleck, Helmuth, and showing them I can play.
And then he flopped 2 9’s to make QUADS. Finished, end of story. Adios Amigos.
NO MONEY.
How about that for a bad beat story?
Dude, that's horrrrrrrrrrrrrible. But viewed in context, you got lucky a couple other times so you had to expect it would all even out. That's why going all in is so dangerous. But I think you played it right because no matter what comes on the flop you'd have to call with pocket aces. The guy with the 9s probably made a mistake calling, but I can see how that might be a tough laydown because the was the chip leader he could afford it, and probably figured if he was in a coin flip and won, he'd have more than double the next guy and could cruise to the victory. That's poker.
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