The scene: a $200/400 NL Hold'em table at Full Tilt just a few nights ago. The participants: Full Tilt endorser Phil Ivey and young California pro Brian Townsend, seen making deep runs in several tourneys recently under his 'sbrugby' handle. (Photo at right: Phil Ivey at the 2006 WSOP)By all accounts, Townsend, who started the bizarre hand with over $80,000, mistyped his opening bit, meaning that instead of betting $3,000 or $3,800 or something, he clicked in and entered $30,800. Ivey, figuring it to be a misclick, decided to make a move and pick up a huge pot; he pushed all-in, leaving Townsend the choice of calling another $50,000-plus or abandoning his mis-clicked bet.
Townsend cussed a bit, then made the call for the rest of his stack, and turned over... A-8. And Ivey? He held only K-9, and after the flop came 8-7-8, giving Townsend trip eights that would stand up with ease.
Another report indicates that Ivey departed the table immediately thereafter. If so, it's pretty easy to see why.
3 comments:
Either sbrugby really loves A8, or that's someone giving you some misinfo. Here's a 300/600 NL hand that was posted on 2+2:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=8151774&page=0&vc=1
Well I found the other hand with the misclick, http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=8201553&page=0&vc=1 that should teach me to look around more before doubting.
I do the same thing, Kevin. It seems like sbrugby and Ivey have mixed it up quite a bit lately.
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