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Poker After Dark - Just His Luck

By launchpoker, Jan 31, 2008

  If you are the owner of five or more World Series of Poker bracelets then you are in a very special company - there are only 12 people living in the world today who can make that claim, and half of them gathered to play in the NBC late night poker show hosted by Shana Hiatt - Poker After Dark. Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack and Erik Seidel sat down to play, and only the first three were left.



  In this hand TJ took a look and saw that he was holding the best starting hand in Texas Holdem, the Pocket Rockets:






... He elected not to slow play them and raised to $7,000 in tourney chips and cash. He got one caller - Phil Hellmuth, who liked his:






... well enough, not knowing how badly he was crushed.



  Phil then checked in the dark as the dealer laid out the flop, which came down as:







... TJ checked behind him, and it was time for the turn. This time Phil waited for the card - which was:





... and then checked. TJ bet $10k at this point, and Phil asked how much he had left, which was only just under $7,000. Phil moved all in. Well, TJ didn't need much time to call, and Phil saw his predicament. He wasn't without outs, though - any heart would save him.



  The river card was:





... and Phil got there. TJ saw his doom card, said, "Sure," and accepted his luck, busted out in 3rd.