2009 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$506,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
854
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Black Bad-Beated to Short Stack

Andy Black grits his teeth.
Andy Black grits his teeth.
Hold'em is such an ugly game at times. You do everything right, get your chips in about as good as you can, and then the board goes and mucks it all up.

Andy Black knows. He opened preflop for 2,200, then watched as the next player to act made it 6,000 to go and the next player after that moved all in for 27,600. Black moved his whole stack of 42,000 in, isolating the all-in player.

"I think I'm in trouble," said the player as he opened {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}. Black showed {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} and had to be pleased with a dry flop of {10-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {2-Spades}. The all-in player was already out of his chair as the {A-Diamonds} came down, but paused briefly when he realized he had life.

"One jack one time?" he asked. The table groaned on Black's behalf when the river fell {J-Spades} to make a Broadway straight for the all in player.

Black was stoic in defeat. He paid off the required chips and then offered a quiet and terse, "Well done." Black's stack is at 14,000.

Tags: Andy Black