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The Greatest Poker Game Part XConclusion | |||
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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 6:58 PM ' Andy is ahead Wow- HAND 42 ' Andy ' raise, fold Andy $75k HAND 43 ' Ted ' call, check 6s-Qs-8c Check, Ted bet, Andy call Kd Check, Ted bet As Andy bet, call Andy Q-8 Ted can't believe it Andy $800k HAND 44 ' Andy ' raise, fold Andy $75 Andy +$500k at 7 PM HAND 45 ' Ted ' raise, call Ac-9c-Jd Check, Ted bets Andy fold Ted $200k HAND 46 ' Andy ' fold Ted $75k 7:01 PM deck and dealer change First hand back Andy $800k pot 6-3 2 pair Ted is just beside himself when he sees them ' Calm, but beside himself 4h-Ks-x-x-x Ted wins $800k with K-8 Andy thinks a long time, shrugs before calling. 7:10 PM Andy ' raise 3d-Js-4h Ted check, raise 3c Ted bets, fold Andy +$200k On the break, Andy said, 'Can you fucking believe this? I can't believe he's staying and playing. Is he going to stay until I win all their money?' 7:11 PM ' Ten hours Ted raises on his button, call Jc-6s-Qs Ted bets, call 4c Check, Ted bets, call Ah Check, bet, call Ted Q-8 Good Ted $700k Andy -$300k at 7:12 PM Andy folds his button 7:13 PM ' OK, so is Andy's rush over? Is there payback? How will Andy handle that? Andy -$350k at 7:14 PM When Andy folds on turn to Ted's bet, Ted spikes his cards into the muck. Andy -$600k or so at 7:19 PM Andy must be out of gas. He hit the height of his rush and he's so far beyond his limit that he needs a drug ' huge winning pots ' to keep anything [illegible] of focus. But if you can't focus, how can you win those big pots? 7:22 PM ' Andy -$500k, maybe a bit less. Ted ' raise, call 2s-6d-Qd Check, check 9s Andy bet, Ted fold Andy raises his button, call Ad-9c-3d Check, bet, call 8d Check, check Ah Ted bet, fold 7:25 PM Ted ' raise, Andy x3, call 2c-4d-9s Andy bet, call Qc Andy bet, fold Andy $400k 7:25 PM Andy ' fold Ted $75k Andy -$350k or so Ted ' fold Andy $75k Andy ' fold Ted ' raise, fold Andy ' raise, call Check, bet, fold Andy $200k Andy -$400k at 7:30 PM Ted ' raise, call 8s-Jh-3h Andy bet, call 3c Andy bet, call 6d Check, Ted bet, Andy fold Maybe it's time for Andy to call it a day. Bad betting sequence there. Andy button raise, call Ac-5c-7c-7c Check, check flop Andy bet, call A-Q Ted lose Ks-4c Andy wins Andy $400k [My depiction of this hand is a scrawl that makes almost no sense, other than to describe how addled I was just WATCHING this. I believe Andy made a flush out of this hand, but obviously there weren't two sevens of clubs. THAT I would have noticed and noted more conspicuously.] 7:32 PM ' Andy -$500k Ted ' raise, fold Andy ' raise, fold Andy $75k 7:33 PM Dealer change [Internally, I was begging for Andy to call it a day when they changed dealers. I knew that the pros ' though no one ever told me so ' would never quit a session on Andy or say they were tired, nor was it within my comprehension that Ted Forrest would ever say, 'I'm tired, Andy.' Letting Andy pick the starting and stopping times is a courtesy the pros extend almost unconditionally.] Andy -$400k HAND 1 ' Andy ' fold Ted $75k HAND 2 ' Ted ' raise, call Ad-3c-4d Check, bet, fold Ted $200k HAND 3 ' Andy ' raise, Ted x3, call 9d-6h-Kd Ted check, check Ac Ted bet, call 7c Check, Andy bet Ted folds Andy $500k Andy -$250k HAND 4 ' Ted ' raise, call Tc-7c-6s Andy bets, Ted raise, call 2h Check, check (?) [I'm questioning Ted raising and then checking the turn] 5c Check, check Andy 7s-8c Andy $400k HAND 5 ' Andy ' fold Ted $75k HAND 6 ' Ted ' fold Andy $75k 7:37 PM HAND 7 ' Andy ' fold Ted $75k It's pretty close to even. HAND 8 ' Ted ' raise, Andy fold Ted $75k I think Andy is looking for a hand to win to get ahead and quit. HAND 9 ' Andy ' fold Ted $75k Andy -$200k HAND 10 ' Ted ' raise, call 2c-Qs-6s Andy bet, call Js Andy bet, fold Andy $300k 7:39 PM DONE Andy +$75,000 At the end, Andy lunged across the table to shake Ted's hand and Ted did practically the same thing. Ted: 'I feel like I've been in a battle.' Andy: 'It was like a war all day long. It was unbelievable. Listen Ted, if I'm ever in a war, I'd want you on the front lines right next to me.' Ted got a call and said, 'We just finished the last hand 2 minutes ago. I can't even think about how to explain it. (Note: bathroom break, Ted forgot Andy's last name.) 9 AM tomorrow. Sounds like Ted. | |||
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