Disguise in blessing in disguise - that's how the story that happened last week at The Grosvenor Casino in Coventry, England can be described in a nutshell. At one of the cash tables during a regular CG session, a situation arose that got everyone out of their seats - players started shouting Bad Beat Jackpot, which was currently worth £250,000.
As many of you know, BBJ is given in situations where one of the players loses in a game with a premium combination (most often at least with poker) to a better combination. At that point, the jackpot is divided between the players at the table, the biggest part of which goes to the loser (in this case it would be £75,000), half to the winner (£37,500) and the rest is divided between the players at the table.
Well, just such a situation occurred in a game in which the players stacked with the cards J 9 and T T on an interesting flop 8 T Q . The players agreed to spin the board twice, but while the first board brought J and 2, the second miraculously landed 8 and T. After a wave of joy, however, there was disappointment from the floor - according to local rules, the claim to BBJ occurs in the case of run it twice dealt only on the first board. And since the premium combinations didn't come until the second board, the players were left with only a nice memory that they certainly won't soon forget.
An equally interesting story arrived yesterday from Maryland, where the Potomac Winter Poker Open festival took place at the MGM Casino. It also included a $400 tournament in which Jacob Mitch took home the trophy and $22,298 in prize money. There would be nothing special about this if his last opponent, William Pinkerton, did not give him this win, when he decided not to play heads-up.
Yes, your eyes are not fooling you, after the elimination of Brett Butz in third place, heads-up was about to begin, in which Mitch carried a 6-1 advantage. Although his opponent was short, he still had a little over 10bb, which is still more than chip'n'chair in tournament poker. Anyway, without blindly going all-in or trying to negotiate a deal, Pinkerton simply said he was taking second place ($13,582) and leaving the tournament.
"It was extremely strange, I've never experienced or heard of anything like it," said shocked winner Mitch. "As soon as the third-place player went out, Pinkerton looked at my chips and said, 'You've got too many chips, I don't have a chance.' I'll take second place." I answered him okay, GG. The shocked dealer and floor also agreed, and so it was decided. Funny, isn't it?'
Source: PokerNews, PokerStrategy
