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“IT’S A FU—IN’ WAR”
PAGE 645
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?)
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FORREST BUILDS A PYRAMID
PAGE 637
Dealer change 12:02
Ted had a couple bagels @ 11 – 12:06, ordering lunch
Ted +$600k or so.
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BEAL FIGHTS BACK
PAGE 631
Dealer change 11:32 AM
HAND 1 – Andy – raise, call
Kh-Jh-Qs
3s
8d
Check down
9-8 Andy
Beats Ted’s A-6
$200k Andy
HAND 2 – Ted – raise, call
Qs-4h-9c
Check, Ted bet, Andy raise, fold
$300k Andy
Andy -$1.1-1.2M
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JUST IN TIME, TED GAINS CONTROL
10:06 – back to the game
1st hand back, Ted’s button
Raise, Andy x3
Js-Th-7h
Ted bets, call
Qh
Check, Ted bets, Andy raise, Ted reraise, call
8s
Check, Ted bets, call
Ted 9h-4h – wins it
Ted $1.2M
That had to be huge for Ted – evens the game – what’s it to Andy?
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THE SECOND 37 HANDS
PAGE 618
[I encourage you to read the introduction (#093) and also be patient if you don't enjoy the process of reading through the hands. I noted each hand for several half-hour periods, including the first two half-hours of this game. Especially as Andy Beal jumped out to a lead and Ted Forrest seemed to be playing tentatively, I thought maybe I was keeping a record of the end of the entire match - that Andy Beal would clean out Forrest, win the $10 million, and quit poker with all his questions answered. Of course, life isn't so easily sorted out, especially when poker is involved and especially ESPECIALLY when Ted Forrest is involved. So even if hand notations aren't your thing, note what happened in the big hands as well as the general flow of the money. I hope your patience will be rewarded.]
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THE FIRST 31 HANDS
PAGE 614
TU 2/14
9:10 AM – Ted’s button. Cards in the air.
[The day before, Ted Forrest had come by to give Andy two gifts from his girlfriend Roxana, who had heard about Beal’s sleep problems. The first was an herbal sleep remedy. The second was a book, Krishamurti’s Freedom from the Known. “If the herbs don’t put you to sleep, this book ought to do it.”]
Andy: “I slept four hours last night. I read that whole philosophy book.”
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Professor/Banker/Suicide King, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played, Wynn
This is the second time I have endeavored to present my unedited notes of what I consider the greatest session of poker ever played. It took place at Wynn Las Vegas on February 14, 2006, a heads-up match between Ted Forrest and Andy Beal. The first time, under the heading “The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played,” I presented four entries, A-D, numbered 034, 036, 046, and 051 in this Blog. At the time, I had not completed typing my notes from that day and expected that I would keep an entry ahead and over a week or ten days, post all the entries.
It didn’t work out that way. I got busy on a number of subjects in this Blog and a number of things in my personal and professional life.
So I’m starting over. I have now typed up the entire day of notes and will reproduce them in their original form (except that they are typed instead of handwritten, are occasionally formatted slightly differently, and include some explanations in brackets).
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