It was Cowboy Week during season three of the hit NBC poker show, Poker After Dark, and there were no more cowboys left. To be fair only two of the six players that started could lay claim to the title: Doyle Brunson (nickname "Texas Dolly") and Hoyt Corkins (nickname "The Alabama Cowboy") but the other four liked to wear cowboy hats, so it was all in fun.
Andy Bloch and Gabe Kaplan were the only two left. Andy had just lost a big pot to Gabe by taking a chance to bust him out, but he still held the chip lead.
In this hand Andy led out with:
... making it $6,000 in tourney chips and cash. Gabe, luckily for him, picked up an ace and decided to move all in with:
... Andy smiled and thought, and then said, "I think you are weak, but I am not sure I have the better hand." Gabe, pretending ignorance, said, "That's beyond me. That's a MIT statement." He was referring to Andy's intellect and his past - Andy was formerly part of the infamous MIT blackjack team. Gabe really did want Andy to call - and the longer Andy thought about it, the more Gabe wanted him to call. In the end he did call. When the flop hit:
... it nearly closed the door on him, but a Queen would have won him the day. The turn came:
... and the river came:
... No Queen, no deal: Gabe Kaplan not only won the pot, but now he was the chip leader by a factor of two to one.
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