A Dreadful Draw

The quantity of luck that it takes to win a large tournament is almost unfathomable. Getting good cards is only part of the issue. You need to catch big hands against fish or good players with second-bests. A good table draw is also critical.

Going into the final two tables, Jeffrey Lisandro got a terrible draw. Short on chips, with just over 2 Million, he was put on the featured table in seat 5. To his immediate left is the chip leader, Jamie Gold, who is playing a lot of pots. To Jamie’s left is Allen Cunningham, who is second in chips.

The blinds are high – it costs 220k to play a round. Lisandro is going to have to find some hands in the next hour or to be competitive.

Meanwhile, it seems that Gold and Cunningham are showing each other respect. Gold was unusually deferential in a blind-vs.-blind confrontation, and just ceded the pot to Allen.