Breaks of the game
From my nephew, Gary, at the World Series of Poker:
All in -- I had AQ and he had KQ for a 25,000 chip pot. Flop 10 2 4. Turn A (yes !!!!). I now tell the dealer, Please don't throw a Jack, but he does not listen and I am eliminated when a Jack comes. I was speechless...
There's a term in poker called a "bad beat." I don't know if this loss qualifies, but it sounds pretty bad to me. Oh, well. To be one of the top quarter of players in the tourney at age 21 isn't the worst thing that ever happened to a guy. Congratulations to him on winning the satellite tournament that got him there, and on how far he got his first time in Vegas.
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Comments (9)
sometimes when you play the cards, they play you. It's just one of those hands where you do everything right, but the cards just don't come. But it sounds like he will do well.
Posted by jake | July 10, 2005 9:00 PM
That's the textbook definition of a "bad beat"
Posted by Kari Chisholm | July 11, 2005 1:06 AM
That's what I thought.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 11, 2005 1:20 AM
I just checked. Before that last card, the odds were in nephew's favor, 90.9% to 9.1%. That's a very bad beat.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 11, 2005 1:39 AM
It was about 75/25 before the flop, so it definetly is a bad beat. Yea on the river he had 4 cards @ about 2.45% per card. Oh well! Ill be back next year
Posted by Gary Bog Jr. | July 11, 2005 5:50 AM
Runner-runner for the straight? Wow. What a shot to the gut...literally. lol I hope the guy didn't make an ass of himself when he hit it. That seems to be en vogue, especially when there are TV cameras around.
Posted by Chris | July 11, 2005 7:59 AM
What a dumb, boring, overrated card game.
Why doesn't your nephew put his efforts into a REAL card game, like bridge?
Posted by Gordo | July 11, 2005 8:37 AM
I don't know much about the game but it sounds like you played it exactly right. It just wasn't meant to be this time around. I'm sure if you want to be there again next year, you will be. Congratulations on getting as far as you did and winning the game that got you to Las Vegas!
Posted by aunt annie bog | July 11, 2005 12:30 PM
There are roughly 460 players left at this point. The top 561 are in the money.
Posted by JS | July 11, 2005 3:56 PM