For a Good Time, Call
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A short-stacked Noah Boeken had raised from the cutoff and got a somewhat reluctant caller from the small blind, creating a pot of 1,125. The flop came , the SB checked, and Boeken committed his last 500 chips.
His opponent rechecked his cards, saying "Hard to miss some of that board" as he did. Finally he called, tabling . Boeken showed
-- he had in fact missed that flop, although he still had hopes for a low or some other runner-runner run good.
The turn was the , making that low for Boeken, the river the
, and the pair split the pot. "That's some pretty light action," someone from across the table told the SB, who smiled in response. "Hey, I'm just a tourist from Chicago," he said. "I came here to have a good time."
Boeken isn't necessarily having such a good time today, as he is presently down under 1,500 and with no more add-on chips.