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A Hand from the Bizzaro World
At Allen Cunningham’s table, the following hand was just played. It wasn’t the largest of the tournament – but it was among the strangest.
All players in the hand, with the exception of the big blind, had deep stacks – over 1.5 Million.
With blinds of 8k/16k with a 2k ante, a player in early position raised to 50k. A middle position player and a late position player both called. The big blind then moved in for 200k. The early position player thought, then called.
Both the middle position player and the late position player then called as well, creating a massive pot.
The flop came Kd 6c 4s and the early position player bet out 200k. At this point the big blind looked stricken, as if he must be drawing dead. Both players with chips folded, and the early position player tabled K-8, which was a complete shock to all of us on the rail.
The big blind then perked up; he tabled his A-J, and was happy enough that he wasn’t drawing dead.
The turn and river were blanks, and K-8 took a massive pot.
