A Turner for the Worse

Sometimes the game of poker is cruel, the last hand I witnessed between John Tabatabai and Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner being a prime example. Surprisingly, this started off as a four-way pot, Dominic Kay suspiciously flat-calling under the gun only to be followed by James Keys two seats down.

On to Jon Turner, and the Pearljammer stuck in 11,400, a bet that could easily look like he was trying to pick up the dead money. Tabatabai looked him up and down, fiddled with his stack and firmly announced 35k before pushing in a column of yellow chips, accompanied by the odd red.

Dominic dwelt for an unusual long time but eventually folded, as did Keys, but Turner was less inclined to pass, pausing momentarily before announcing all-in with {K-Spades}

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Tabatabai, who had already committed half his stack, called without hesitation and it was on their backs time, the American way out in front against the Brit's {J-Clubs}

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"I folded King Jack," confessed Gold, much to the quiet disapproval of Tabatabai.

However, as eluded to at the start of this post, this game can cause even the coolest of cucumber to lose their rag, so it was of no surprise when Turner starting banging his chips against the table in frustration when the flop brought an {8-Diamonds}