Just barely in the money...
> Scott Byron played a great game. He took one of the worst beats
> I have ever seen in a tournament and didn't even wince. Scott 99 Jerry G 66.
> Scott puts jerry all in (now this is after the MATS tournament beating from
> the night before). Flop 96x. Jerry is all in for 1 out (but 2 draws at it!!).
> He needed the 2nd one when the 6 hit the river. Great omen for Jerry, but
> bad break for 1/2 of Scotts stack. I would have been in tears at this point
> and would have quickly lost the rest of my chips. Scott remained patient
> and re-built and eventually busted out after I did. Actually, our table
> busted out very few players and it took something like 3 or 4 limit increases
> before we had our first empty seat.
Thanks for the compliment...
Believe it or not, I've taken a couple of worse beats in tournaments, with
a lot more money involved. If Jerry had more chips going in, I don't know
if I would have even made the call, so I couldn't be too upset about
losing. FWIW, I gave him one bad beat later in the tournament, before he
busted me out with Presto in the Big Blind, busting my threes on the
button. I've come to believe that the key to winning tournaments is
having your little pairs hold up.
> I didn't think that the games at the Taj were that tough. The best players
> in the 10-20 game were the rec gamblers. There is probably a large
A lot of the regular 10-20, 15-30 and 20-40 players have been playing the
half-holdem/half-omaha game lately, making the all-holdem games a lot
more beatable.
Scott Byron
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