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#099 – The Greatest Poker Game, Part VI (”It’s a fu–in’ war”)
“IT’S A FU—IN’ WAR”
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Andy bets all the way with A-high to 3 clubs on board and straights out there. Ted calls down with 6-6, wins $700k.
Ted button
Tc-8d-9c
5s
Ted bet, call
$800k
Kd
Andy bets – call
Andy K-J
Ted grunts, shows J-J
Andy $1M
That was a desperate move. Ted usually shows no emotion but he seems slightly peeved. He should be thrilled. How is Andy going to keep from losing more if he does that? (Is that the old Andy rearing up?)
Andy bets, gets Q on river. $500k in – bets. Ted folds.
Deficit is $3.3M now
Has the Wildman returned?
Ted’s button – Andy 3 bet w/AJo – one club – 2 low clubs on the flop, one on the turn. They checked it down. He won $300k in the showdown.
Ted has ditched the pyramid – more conventional towers
1:32 PM – new dealer
It’s about $3.2M for Ted. (It may have been more than $3.3M when I wrote that before.)
1:36 PM – Andy -$3.25M
3c-Ks-7c-Tc
$700k in
Andy check-raised
Kd
Andy bets – fold
Andy $700k
Andy is inside $3M at 1:40 PM
Andy wins a $600k and is now within $2.5M at 1:41 PM
Andy’s button – raised, Ted calls.
4c-Ks-3s
Check-check
Kh
Check-check
As
Check-Andy bets-call
A-T Andy
“Oh boy,” Ted mouths, and shows an ace before mucking.
Andy $400k
Ted folds his button
Andy $75k
Andy folds his button
Ted $75k
Andy’s probably down $2.3-$2.4M
Ted calls his button-check
Kd-5s-6h
Ch-ch
9d
Ch-ch
4h
Be-call
K-7 Andy
Andy $300k
6d-2d-7d-Qd-Ah
Andy got 3 bets on the river – $700k pot
Ted throws his cards, hard to the muck
1:50 PM – Andy down $2M (maybe $1.8M or $1.9M)
I wonder if my role is like a reference in fencing? Dueling? Sides concerned with loss of honor?
It’s been a pretty strong turnaround, though Jen did that v. Andy and still ended up -$5M. Will Andy be able to hold on, now that he’s within hailing distance of even, that it appears he can, or has averted disaster? 1:56 PM
I notice that Andy does NOT have large hands. His fingers are actually pretty short. He chews his nails too.
Ted looks like he’s a little [illegible] – he’s throwing his chips in the pot, and throwing his cards down, even when he wins.
Like for emphasis.
Ted’s stack is $5.75M
Andy is -$2M at 2 PM
But who seems like they are winning?
How long ago was Ted up $4M? (1:22 PM)
Ted wins $700k pot with 4 diamonds on board
Qd in his hand
Andy had a seven with one on the board – Ted got there on the river
2:06 PM
HAND 1 – Andy – raise, Ted calls
Ac-4d-Ah
Ch-ch
2c
Ted bets-call
Ks
Check – Long, long pause by Andy, bet, call
Andy’s A-Q takes it
$600k
HAND 2 – Ted – Call, check
Andy check-raises bet on flop, takes it
Andy $200k
HAND 3 – Andy – raise, call
Qd-Ah-Tc
Check, check
5c
Check, bet, fold
Andy $200k
HAND 3 – Ted – call, check
As-2h-4h
Check, Ted bets
Andy raises
Ted calls
Jc
Andy bets, call
3c
Andy bets
Ted raises, call
Ted – 5-6o, straight
Ted $900k
[I erroneously labeled consecutive hands as “HAND 3”. This was probably because I was simultaneously scribbling notes from a conversation I had with Andy during the break immediately before these numbered hands. In my notebook, I wrote them in a second column on this page. They appear here after HAND 4]
2:10 PM
HAND 4 – Andy – raise, call
Ted bets flop, fold.
Ted $200k
ON BREAK [This was from the previous break, when they changed decks and dealers at approximately 2 PM. Typically, everyone walks quickly down the ramp at the edge of the room and makes a fast left past the show-ticket desk for the restrooms. Occasionally, Andy and I would make small talk as we walked trotted back and forth.]
Andy: “It’s a fuckin’ war.”
Mike: “But isn’t it fun?”
Andy: “No, and that’s the sad part. It should be fun. But by the third or fourth day, it’s just a grind.”
* * *
Andy: “Ted picked up a tell on me. That’s how he got me all those times. But I figured it out and got him back.”
* * *
Andy: “It begs the question, why do I do it? What else am I going to do? Sit around all day? I guess I feel I have something to prove.” [Note Beal’s clarification at the 6 PM deck and dealer change.]
HAND 5 – Ted – raise, fold
Ted $75k
HAND 6 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 7 – Ted – raise, fold
Ted $75k
Back to $2.5M
HAND 8 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 9 – Ted – raise, call
9h-Ad-Kh
Check, bet, call
2s
Check, check
Ts
Andy bets, fold
Andy $300k
2:15 PM
HAND 8 – Andy
?
Andy $100k
[another numbering error]
HAND 9 – Ted – call, check
Qd-6h-Kd
Andy bets, Ted raises, call (the tell?)
4c
Check, check
2s
Andy bets, Ted folds
Andy $300k
HAND 10 – Andy – call, check
Js-Th-7h
Ted bets, Andy calls
Ks
Check, check
Kd
Check, bet, Ted calls
Andy, T-T, starts pulling them in before Ted reacts
Andy $400k
Andy -$2M
HAND 11 – Ted – call, check
3s-Kc-2d
Check, Ted bets, Andy raises
Fold
Andy $200k
I don’t know if Andy is right about this [business with the tell that Ted had on him], but he is playing like he is. He’s down $1.8M.
HAND 12 – Andy – raise, call
4h-5d-Qs
Check, check
3h
Check, Andy bets.
Ted squeezes, then folds
Andy $200k
Is it possible that Andy Beal has figured out Ted Forrest? Or at least kept himself from BEING figured out by Ted?
HAND 13 – Ted – raise, fold
Ted $75k
HAND 14 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 15 – Ted – raise, call
7c-Js-Ts
Andy bets. Ted checks his cards and calls.
Kc
Check, check
Qh
Andy bets, Ted folds
Andy $300k
Ted +$1.25M at 2:22 PM
HAND 16 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 17 – Ted – raise, call
As-Jh-6c
Check, Ted bets, Andy calls
7d
Check, check
Th
Check, check
Andy J-5
Ted mucks
Andy $300k
HAND 18 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 19 – Ted – raise, Andy fold
Ted $75k
HAND 20 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 21 – Ted – raise
Andy fold
Ted $75k
Ted +$1.75M
HAND 22 – Andy – raise, call
Jd-Kd-6d
Check, Andy bets, Ted calls
2h
Ted bets, Andy calls
9h
Ted bets, call
Ad-2d Ted
Nuts
Ted $700k
HAND 23 – Ted – raise, call
6d-3d-Td
Check, check
Kc
Andy bets, fold
Andy $200k
HAND 24 – Andy – (slow motion) raise, Ted x3
Andy slo mo call [I’m referring here to what I’ve just noticed as Andy moving his chips in an uncommonly slow manner.]
7h-8d-Qd
Ted check, Andy check
Jc
Ted bets, Andy calls
8s
Ted pretty quickly bets
(Bluff tell?)
Call
Ted mucks unseen
Andy $700k
HAND 25 – Ted – raise, call
Qh-8h-Jc
Check, Ted bets, fold
Craig [Singer] called, I updated him. Andy -$1.75M
2:35 PM – new dealer
Ted folded a decent pot to Andy. Looks like Andy is down a bit under $2M.
