wsop thread ....2006

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Wost Beat EVER
Jack Mahalingam is all-in for $5,000 and is called an opponent in late position. Mahalingam shows 8spade8club and his opponent has 5heart5club. The flop is 6spade5spade5diamond and his opponent flops quads. The turn is a 9spade giving Mahalingam a gut-shot straight flush draw (his only way to win). The river is the 7spade giving Mahalingam the straight flush and taking the hand.

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Loud and clear as a bell, Doyle calls 'Floor!' Doyle Brunson, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and widely regarded as the best poker player in modern history has just lost a huge pot. He's left short-stacked with less than 3000 chips deep into level 3, with 50/100 blinds. A player bet, another raised all-in, Brunson went all-in, and the original raiser folded. Brunson had the original raiser covered, so he should have received a large portion of his chips back. Unfortunately, the last dealer miscalculated and shorted Brunson on his chips.

Doyle begins to explain the situation to the floorman. Despite his age, Doyle's mind is sharp; he recites numbers and bets like a calculator, with uncanny accuracy on each street. It takes his table-mates significantly longer to recollect, but they all eventually agree with Brunson's numbers. The floorperson explains, "Doyle, we already started the next deal, there's nothing we can do about it."

Doyle is upset, but he's not going to argue the decision. "Well, I don't agree with it," he says in his Texas drawl, "But what can I do?" He shakes his head, a frown on his face as he has yet another obstacle to overcome if he has a chance of getting back into the tournament. The mood of the table grows dark, as everyone in the room seems to side with Doyle on the issue.

The player who took Brunson's chips feels terrible; the scowls of every audience member on the rail are focused on his stack and the chips that don't belong. He begins to apologize to Doyle.

Suddenly, Doyle's mood lightens and the trademark smile pops back up. "Doesn't matter, son, don't worry about it. You made a good call. Besides, it's not your fault." The player breathes a relieved sigh, and refocuses on the table.

Doyle battles the short stack and lasts past the dinner break into level four before finally bowing out. He receives not one but two standing ovations upon exiting.

In a stark contrast, earlier in the day, Phil Hellmuth was eliminated from the ESPN feature table. After giving much of his trademark 'Hellmuthisms', including his favorite, "I can't believe I'm folding this hand," he is out on the same hand as last year, when his A-Q fails to improve against pocket 7's. The announcement comes that Phil Hellmuth has just been eliminated over the loudspeaker and the crowd roars its approval, with thunderous applause and laughter following.

In bracelet counts, they may be tied at 10, but in the eye of the poker community, it is clear that Doyle still has the edge, 2-1.

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phantom_lord

If you're given extra chips by mistake and everyone including you agrees that it was a mistake, instead of apologising would you not give the chips back?




unless they were hellmuths...:rolleyes:

nicryan

if the next hand has been delt you can't give the chips back.


-Nic

phantom_lord

nicryan wrote:

if the next hand has been delt you can't give the chips back.


-Nic

Do'h.







Didn't really think through what I was writing when posted that.

WarZoneBrother

so anynews on whos out and whos still in...im gonna back mike the mouth to win this one ...if he is still in it that is..

shoutman

No mike the mouth went out early when his opponent called an all in on a flush draw and caught it.

WarZoneBrother

haha ul mike then i think ill back that ollie dude lmao...d one thats off boards

Ardent

An hour into Day 1c, the poker gods gang up on Farha (perhaps for the beat he gave Oliver Hudson last year):

John Phan raises pre-flop, and he is called by Joe Berry and Sam Farha. The flop comes 9h 6h 4h, Phan raises, Berry calls, and Farha re-raises. Phan folds and Berry smooth calls. The turn brings another 6, and once again, Farha bets into Berry who just calls. The river brings a 10, and Farha moves all-in. Berry calls and Farha flips over pocket 9s for a full house. Berry shows pocket 6s, and Farha can't believe his opponent turned quads against his top set. Farha is eliminated.