When you have a game called Cowboy Week, it makes sense to have some cowboys - or at least make your players look the part. At NBC's Poker After Dark they had both real cowboys in Hoyt Corkins and Doyle Brunson, and four players who liked to wear cowboy hats: Andy Bloch, Chau Giang, Gabe Kaplan, and Chris Ferguson.
With Hoyt gone and Doyle down to the short stack, and the blinds up to $600 and $1,200, the last cowboy at the table was going to have to make a last stand sooner or later. He chose this hand to do it with.
Doyle saw paint and decided to raise in the cut off position with:
... making it $3,500 all day. Andy, the chip leader and so far the one pushing the table around, woke up with:
... He was out of position, however, and did not want to worry about playing after the flop. He decided to move all in. Doyle, figuring it was now or never and hoping Andy had a small pair, called. When the hands turned over, he saw he was dominated, and had about a 20% chance of surviving. The flop hit:
... just about sealing the fate of the last remaining cowboy. The turn was:
... and the river was:
... As he stood Doyle showed his big Texas grin, letting Andy and the rest of the players know that there were no hard feelings.
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