From the “This Should Only Happen to Faldo” Department

From the NPP bloglist and the site ‘Keeping Your Head in (all) the Game(s).

“I got this story directly from the dealer involved, he verified the details and the pain involved. This is a WSOP main event tale, obviously from early in a day one session.

Involved in the hand is a known, but not well known player, who has been efficiently building his stack against a very weak table. His opponent is a completely unknown woman, who has to this point demonstrated exactly zero poker skills.

The pro flops top set (kings) with a unconnected board (K-5-2) and they manage to get it all-in with four bets.

The betting did include the question: "How much can I raise?" The player turns over his top set, waits for the novice to table her lower set but instead the lady turns over 9-7 offsuit, no draw, none, period, zip, zero.

Oh wait, there is a five on the flop, so she does have a double belly-buster straight draw (1.5%). She proceeds to catch perfect (6)-perfect (8) for the straight.

As she stacks her chips, something she has clearly not done before; the player asks:

"Excuse me, did you win your seat online?"

She innocently replied: "No, mine was in a bag of Planter's Peanuts."”

If only the (KK) holder was Helmuth or Matusow, the meltdown would have been a You Tube and ESPN classic!

Wish I could tell you who the (KK) holder (98.5%) was for certain, but it sounds like it could be Faldo.