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Blog Moon Rising
The blog is starting to change … slowly. After 14 months, Uncle Tilty and his army of technicians – a rag-tag crew I picture as a cross between the Best Buy breakroom, the guys monitoring the missile silos at Strategic Air Command, and the revolutionaries led by Denis Leary in Demolition Man – have finally freed up the time to work on the blog.
The one change made so far is the reason some of you haven’t seen new entries since the NBC Head’s-Up championship. Please read on for the explanation.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played
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
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(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played
[Just 2 parts to go in the Valentine's Day 2006 struggle between Ted Forrest and Andy Beal, including this one. I'll probably post the portion of the BLUFF article that covered this game, so you can compare, if you want, my notes of the day with the finished product. I have returned from Las Vegas where I have several more installments of Prisoner of the Bellagio, including another Ted Forrest car story and a story about Dan Harrington's socks. Unless my tax issues create some huge, immediate problem - they definitely create a huge problem, though likely not an "immediate" one - I should get those written and posted over the next several days.]
“SOMETHING TO PROVE – TO MYSELF”
PAGE 683
Back at 6:06 PM
Andy -$3.4M, maybe $3.3M
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played
ANDY BEAL’S GOLD RUSH
PAGE 672
Ted +$6.4M
4:02 PM
Deck & dealer change
4:05 PM back from deck & dealer change
Andy -$6.3M
That double dribble of Andy’s must be a tell.
$6.4M at 4:10 PM
It’s about 6.6 or 6.7
And looked at me, shrugged
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WAR OF THE FURIES
We’ve been going on 5 hours and it’s been a pressure cooker.
Andy’s button. Ted x3
2d-7h-Jd
Ted bets, call.
2h
Check, check
!h
Ted bets, Andy folds.
I need to call today “WAR OF THE FURIES”.
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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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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played
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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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Andy Beal, Phil Ivey, Ted Forrest, The Greatest Poker Game Ever Played
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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