The Best of it With the Worst
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In many of the lively home games played on kitchen tables across America, players liven up the game by awarding a bounty to anyone who wins a pot after tabling deuce-seven. A one dollar chip or a free beer are the usual prizes pocketed for dragging a pot with the 
, but for K.C. Nam, a 110,000 chip pot and a chance at a life-changing six-figure score.
After an opponent opened for 2,600, Nam looked down to find the 
in the hole. A holding that would ordinarily be mucked without a second thought was a weapon to be wielded for Nam, and rather than folding he three-bet to 7,600. His opponent flatted the reraise and the flop fell 
to give Nam bottom pair, bottom kicker.
Nam then led into his opponent for a 15,000 wager, and after the other player called the turn card came 
to pair the board and bring flush possibilities to bear.
Reading his opponent for a drawing hand, Nam went with his instinct and shoved all in for about 38,000, with his opponent rising from his chair to make the call. Nam was covered by his opponent's stack, so this all-in move was made with his tournament life on the line.
When the other player tabled 
, Nam discovered his read to be spot on, but he was still fading nearly half of the deck considering his opponent's array of outs. Any eight or nine would hit his overcards, any ten filled in the gutshot straight, any jack would double-pair the board to counterfeit Nam's pair of sevens, and of course a spade on the river would flush Nam's chances away. With many players at the table now standing in awe to await the river card's arrival, the dealer burned and turned.
River: 
"What is going on here?" asked one of Nam's tablemates as the river bricked off. "What just happened here?"
Nam's response to the sight of a safe river card was a pump of the fist and a quick "yes!" to congratulate himself. The other player took the loss like a pro and never said a word about playing the worst hand in poker, while Nam quietly stacked his new chips to put himself in strong position midway through the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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114,000
114,000
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114,000 |