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#106 – The Greatest Poker Game, Part X/Conclusion
This is the last installment, the end of the greatest poker game I ever saw, maybe the greatest poker game ever played. I’ll try to post the portion of the BLUFF aritcle I wrote about it, so you can compare. Then I’ll get back to Prisoner of the Bellagio, the upcoming FTOPS, and another Adventure in the Law.
Stay tuned!
6:58 PM
HAND 41 – Ted – raise, Andy x3
Td-9d-5h
Andy bet, call
Kd
Andy bet, Ted call
8s
Check, check
Andt Ah-Th
Ted mucks
Andy $600k
6:58 PM – Andy is ahead
Wow-
HAND 42 – Andy – raise, fold
Andy $75k
HAND 43 – Ted – call, check
6s-Qs-8c
Check, Ted bet, Andy call
Kd
Check, Ted bet
As
Andy bet, call
Andy Q-8
Ted can’t believe it
Andy $800k
HAND 44 – Andy – raise, fold
Andy $75
Andy +$500k at 7 PM
HAND 45 – Ted – raise, call
Ac-9c-Jd
Check, Ted bets
Andy fold
Ted $200k
HAND 46 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
7:01 PM deck and dealer change
First hand back
Andy $800k pot
6-3
2 pair
Ted is just beside himself when he sees them –
Calm, but beside himself
4h-Ks-x-x-x
Ted wins $800k with K-8
Andy thinks a long time, shrugs before calling.
7:10 PM
Andy – raise
3d-Js-4h
Ted check, raise
3c
Ted bets, fold
Andy +$200k
On the break, Andy said, “Can you fucking believe this? I can’t believe he’s staying and playing. Is he going to stay until I win all their money?”
7:11 PM – Ten hours
Ted raises on his button, call
Jc-6s-Qs
Ted bets, call
4c
Check, Ted bets, call
Ah
Check, bet, call
Ted Q-8
Good
Ted $700k
Andy -$300k at 7:12 PM
Andy folds his button
7:13 PM – OK, so is Andy’s rush over? Is there payback? How will Andy handle that?
Andy -$350k at 7:14 PM
When Andy folds on turn to Ted’s bet, Ted spikes his cards into the muck.
Andy -$600k or so at 7:19 PM
Andy must be out of gas. He hit the height of his rush and he’s so far beyond his limit that he needs a drug – huge winning pots – to keep anything [illegible] of focus. But if you can’t focus, how can you win those big pots?
7:22 PM – Andy -$500k, maybe a bit less.
Ted – raise, call
2s-6d-Qd
Check, check
9s
Andy bet, Ted fold
Andy raises his button, call
Ad-9c-3d
Check, bet, call
8d
Check, check
Ah
Ted bet, fold
7:25 PM
Ted – raise, Andy x3, call
2c-4d-9s
Andy bet, call
Qc
Andy bet, fold
Andy $400k
7:25 PM
Andy – fold
Ted $75k
Andy -$350k or so
Ted – fold
Andy $75k
Andy – fold
Ted – raise, fold
Andy – raise, call
Check, bet, fold
Andy $200k
Andy -$400k at 7:30 PM
Ted – raise, call
8s-Jh-3h
Andy bet, call
3c
Andy bet, call
6d
Check, Ted bet, Andy fold
Maybe it’s time for Andy to call it a day. Bad betting sequence there.
Andy button raise, call
Ac-5c-7c-7c
Check, check flop
Andy bet, call
A-Q Ted lose
Ks-4c Andy wins
Andy $400k
[My depiction of this hand is a scrawl that makes almost no sense, other than to describe how addled I was just WATCHING this. I believe Andy made a flush out of this hand, but obviously there weren’t two sevens of clubs. THAT I would have noticed and noted more conspicuously.]
7:32 PM – Andy -$500k
Ted – raise, fold
Andy – raise, fold
Andy $75k
7:33 PM Dealer change [Internally, I was begging for Andy to call it a day when they changed dealers. I knew that the pros – though no one ever told me so – would never quit a session on Andy or say they were tired, nor was it within my comprehension that Ted Forrest would ever say, “I’m tired, Andy.” Letting Andy pick the starting and stopping times is a courtesy the pros extend almost unconditionally.]
Andy -$400k
HAND 1 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 2 – Ted – raise, call
Ad-3c-4d
Check, bet, fold
Ted $200k
HAND 3 – Andy – raise, Ted x3, call
9d-6h-Kd
Ted check, check
Ac
Ted bet, call
7c
Check, Andy bet
Ted folds
Andy $500k
Andy -$250k
HAND 4 – Ted – raise, call
Tc-7c-6s
Andy bets, Ted raise, call
2h
Check, check (?) [I’m questioning Ted raising and then checking the turn]
5c
Check, check
Andy 7s-8c
Andy $400k
HAND 5 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
HAND 6 – Ted – fold
Andy $75k
7:37 PM
HAND 7 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
It’s pretty close to even.
HAND 8 – Ted – raise, Andy fold
Ted $75k
I think Andy is looking for a hand to win to get ahead and quit.
HAND 9 – Andy – fold
Ted $75k
Andy -$200k
HAND 10 – Ted – raise, call
2c-Qs-6s
Andy bet, call
Js
Andy bet, fold
Andy $300k
7:39 PM
DONE
Andy +$75,000
At the end, Andy lunged across the table to shake Ted’s hand and Ted did practically the same thing.
Ted: “I feel like I’ve been in a battle.”
Andy: “It was like a war all day long. It was unbelievable. Listen Ted, if I’m ever in a war, I’d want you on the front lines right next to me.”
Ted got a call and said, “We just finished the last hand 2 minutes ago. I can’t even think about how to explain it. (Note: bathroom break, Ted forgot Andy’s last name.)
9 AM tomorrow. Sounds like Ted.
