06-29-2009 11:50 UTC-12

How Did Schwartz Miss?

[user75032]

Noah Schwartz runs bad this hand.

The chips were all in preflop between short-stacked Noah Schwartz and his slightly shorter-stacked opponent. "I don't have much," said Schwartz as he opened {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

. His opponent showed {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{7-Spades}

.

There were some murmurings from the table on a flop of {j-Spades}

{j-Spades}

{q-Diamonds}

{10-Spades}

. Those murmurings grew louder when the turn paired the board, {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

.

"Now that's a sweat card," remarked Tony Dunst.

With Schwartz's opponent cringing, the dealer burned and turned a blank river, {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

. Schwartz was forced to pay of 15,500, leaving just 3,000 in his stack.

"Any card eight or higher except a jack," said Schwartz. "So sick."

Tags: Noah Schwartz