Three Ladies for Hayes
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
A huge pot of 32,000 had developed on a completed board of A♥10♠7♠2♦Q♠, in a hand between Padraic O'Connor on the button and Mark Hayes in the small blind.
Hayes had jammed for 34,000, and the players were engaged in debate about who was happier at the poker table. "I'm always happy, win or lose" said Hayes. "Everyone's smiling, you're the only one who's not" replied O'Connor, all said in good humour.
Eventually O'Connor said "Ok, it's yours, show the bluff", and folded.
"No bluff" said Hayes, and he was about to send his cards to the muck, before he took a straw poll of the table as to whether he was bluffing - the unison reply was flush. Hayes then tabled Q♣Q♦ for the rivered set of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,400
66,400
|
66,400 |
|
34,000
16,000
|
16,000 |