I said SECOND - not Fourth!Two hundred and seventy six players entered and Faldo took second!
The key hand was with 18 players left, Faldo correctly guessed that a nearly equal in chips, middle of the pack player did not have the flush that hit the river.
[Td Ad Tc 4h 3d] was the board. Faldo held (Ah 9h). Faldo called the all-n and busted the Villain with (As 7h). The nine played and Faldo was now in the top 4 in chips.
Btu some loses with a smaller flush, JJ, and a few failed attempts to eliminate some short stacks, Faldo fell back a little. But Villian #2 went on a heater and took four players out, leaving Faldo heads up, but short-stacked.
Faldo got eliminated after battling back heads up to near even.
A flop of [T39] gave Faldo top pair with (Tc 8c). Faldo made a pot size bet and was called. When a [7] hit the turn, Faldo moved all in and was called by Villain #2 with (K3).
A [K] of course hit the river.
But a 2nd place finish still was a confidence builder!
3 comments:
Nice, but as stated in Tin Cup, nobody remembers 2nd place!
4th is where Faldo will be on the tee-box this year...sucks to be him
I think it will suck to be me on the course this year.
Towards the end of last year, I was losing distance - BEFORE the surgery.
Good thing I take adversity on the golf course so well, eh?
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