All-in with Sixes, Brazil's Eugenio Carmoneto (those dudes can make any name sound exotic!) found himself up against the Kings of John Bird, but with the dealer popping out a testicle-crunching 4-6-T-T-3 board it was the latter who'd be down to the felt, a mere 10k red chip being returning to the American's dejected paws. Oh well, I'm sure Seat 10's Garrett Adelstein consolidated the agony by adding, "I folded a Six."
And one hand later it was all-in, Bird making his move from the button after under-the-gun had made a standard pre-flop raise. After everyone else had folded, under the gun announced, "I think you're going to be happy", subsequently revealing a rather mischievous, blind-stealing
.
"Oh no, I'm dominated," cried Bird as he flipped over a lack-lustre
.
No Seven on the
Flop, but after the
and
River, Bird had hit a miracle straight! Shame he lost to a bigger one.
So, Bird's gone flying out of this tournament, but could he have waited for something better? Okay, he only had 10k and the 500 ante was chomping away at his tiny stack, but he still had more than the big blind and a relatively good chance of finding something better on the next hand. Perhaps he just wanted to guarantee himself protection. I'm never sure what the best strategy is in these situations - protection against a potentially dominating hand or a multi-way pot against less foreboding hands?
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