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#741 – The Comeback Adult Rides Again

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Isn’t 50 too old to be a Comeback “Kid”? 

I must have the all-time worst record in the history of the Bracelet Race. I’ve never won one and I’ve played at least twenty and probably more. Last night, I finally won one. It involved a big comeback, not as big as my world record comeback in the Midnight Madness in February but it was nearly as satisfying. Because this time, it was personal.

After six hands, I was down to 295 chips.

I was already feeling like a victim after a long, ugly day of tournament play, and this beat would usually send me the message that it was time to pack it in. After the player under the gun limped, I put in a substantial raise with pocket aces. The player behind me called. By the turn, with the board reading Q-Q-J-J, I moved all-in. (I was working on the theory that I might be able to get a fold from J-X and wasn’t sure if I could get away from A-A. I should probably learn to fold A-A there but the point here isn’t to defend my move. It’s to explain why I led out with a bigger-than-pot bet on the turn.)

The other player thought about it for several seconds, then his 15 second timer started. I figured I played it right. I was sticking around with a jack and was thinking about whether to call when I was representing a queen. When his time was almost expired, he called … and showed Q-T for the top full house.

It was an obvious slow-roll. The only hand he was behind was J-J and there’s no way anyone is going to fold a queen on a Q-Q-J-J board. I make a point never to complain after a hand, because I’m trying to get everybody else to quit that practice, but the slow-roll really bothered me.

So with 295 chips and a long, frustrating day behind me, I decided to go down swinging, return with my shield or on it. My first two double-ups came against Slowroller and, four hours later, after spending most of the final table as the chip leader, I won the $2,000 WSOP Bracelet Race package.

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4 Responses to “#741 – The Comeback Adult Rides Again”

  1. Mike Mcguire Says:
    May 14th, 2009 at 3:42 am

    Congrats! I love reading your blog and it is one of the main reasons that I am going to pony up the $1k and play in my first WSOP event this year. More dead money for you!

  2. XX davidoff xx Says:
    May 14th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    i called it this is only the beginning …. this is your year MC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

  3. Sean Says:
    May 17th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Do you mean to say you ponied up more than $4.000 (20+ entries into a 200 +16 tournament) to win a $2,000 prize???

  4. Ladbrokes Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 7:42 am

    Where was the blogging of the FTOPS??
    The video coverage was minimal……

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