Poker After Dark - Five Bracelets Won't Save You

  When a poker player ends up with a bracelet from the World Series of Poker it is a sign that he knows what he is doing at the poker table. On this particular week of the hit NBC show Poker After Dark it was Battle of the Bracelets, with 45 braclets between the players.  Erik Seidel (eight bracelets), Chris Ferguson (five bracelets), T.J. Cloutier (six bracelets), Layne Flack (five bracelets), Doyle Brunson (ten bracelets), and Phil Hellmuth (eleven bracelets) were in the game, all of whom had paid $20k to play, with the winner walking with $120k.  In this hand, somewhat halfway into the first blind level, Chris made an interesting move. Doyle raised it up to $900 with: ... Cowboys for the old cowboy. Chris sat and thought about his hand: ... He did not like flat calling here, so it was either fold or raise; he raised it up to $2,900. At this point Doyle just moved all in. Chris went into the tank. What could Doyle have? In the director's cut of the show Chris talked it out. He could make this move with Ace King, or even Ace Queen; in fact he could make this move with a small pair. But Chris knew that he could also have a bigger pair. Chris decided to go for it. As soon as he called Doyle said, "He took too long - I have him beat." The table cards came: ... followed by: ... and the 2000 WSOP champion was out on pocket 9's.