Runner Runner Bad Luck For Argyros

"How sick is that?" Billy Argyros just yelled across the room after he took a big bad beat from Luke Edwards. Argyros was knocked out, but sat motionless for about a minute before eventually leaving his seat. The hand he lost is what we would describe as 'sick'.

Billy Jordanou raised to 800 pre flop after which a player three-bet to 2,000. Luke Edwards was next to act and put out a four-bet to 4,200. Tam Truong was on the button and folded, and Argyros moved all in from the small blind for just 6,950. After Jordanou and the other player folded it was Edwards who produced a wry smile.

"He was messing around!" Argyros laughed as Edwards reluctantly put in the call.

Luke Edwards
Billy Argyros

Argyros was in great shape, but the window card already gave Edwards a better chance, since it was the . The flop was completed with the and . Edwards was still looking for another five or running straight or flush cards. On the turn the hit and Edwards put up a straight draw. The river brought the and he took all of Argyros' chips. At this point a huge crowd had gathered, most of which started laughing about the outcome of this hand.

Argyros was far from happy, and complained about his recent tournament bad luck. Edwards has nothing to complain about as he's now up to around 50,000 chips.