An Orbit with Chris Tryba

If you've ever met Chris Tryba in a tournament then you're bound to be his friend. He is one of the more colorful personalities on the circuit and has the game to back it up. We spent an entire orbit with Tryba to see how he operates.

Hand 1 - In the big blind he folds on the river to a board full of rags and when he saw the winning hand he remarked, "Nice bet, you had the second best hand." He muttered something about a "cock sandwich."

Hand 2 - In the small blind he folded preflop. He sipped his hot tea and popped a new toothpick in his mouth.

Hand 3 - On the button he called 150 and six players were in the pot. The flop came {K-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} and action checked around. The turn came {3-Hearts} and action checked around to him. He bet 700, everybody folded and he took the pot.

Hand 4 - From the cutoff he raised to 950 after an early position player opened for 425. His opponent called and the flop came {8-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} . Both players checked and the turn came {K-Clubs} . He bet 1,500 and his opponent folded. Tryba showed {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} and took the pot.

He also switched from tea to Red Bull on ice when a server delivered his drink mid-hand.

Hand 5 - Tryba opens for 400 and takes the pot.

Hand 6 - He folded preflop and ditched his toothpick.

Hand 7 - From under the gun (table is eight-handed) he opened for 375. An opponent he's friendly with folded {8-Clubs} {4-Clubs} face up. Tryba gave him grief asking why he folded and said, "Phil Hellmuth gave me the worst bad beat of my life with eight-four suited. It was in my first $10,000 buy in tournament."

He did gain a call and the flop came out with three nines. He bet and his opponent folded.

Hand 8 - From the big blind he called a bet of 550 from the player on the button. The flop came {Q-Spades} {4-Hearts} {7-Hearts} , Tryba checked and his opponent bet 1,150. Tryba folded and his opponent flashed a queen.