Event 1 Day 1B: A Little (or Lot) of Luck Never Hurts

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Blinds 500/1K Ante 100

With the flop showing 9D6D5C, the pre-flop raiser led out for 2K. He was quickly raised to 8K by his lone opponent. The pre-flop raiser, a calm kid wearing a tan jacket with close cut brown hair, announced quietly with a movement of his chips into the middle that he was all in. He had his slightly older opponent, a somewhat serious gentleman wearing a grey with neon green striped warm up jacket and sunglasses, covered. It took about a minute before he decided that his Qs9S was worth the call. The pre-flop raiser proudly turned over pocket aces, well in the lead, and looking to add a significant amount to his stack.

 

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Player right before cracking aces

The turn had other thoughts though as it was the QD giving his opponent two pair. The river only added insult to injury… 9C turning two pair into a full house. To his credit, the player with aces calmly shook it off and proceeded to double up twice on consecutive hands with pocket pairs.

 

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Pay that man his money…