Black Bad-Beated to Short Stack
Andy Black knows. He opened preflop for 2,200, then watched as the next player to act made it 6,000 to go and the next player after that moved all in for 27,600. Black moved his whole stack of 42,000 in, isolating the all-in player.
"I think I'm in trouble," said the player as he opened . Black showed and had to be pleased with a dry flop of . The all-in player was already out of his chair as the came down, but paused briefly when he realized he had life.
"One jack one time?" he asked. The table groaned on Black's behalf when the river fell to make a Broadway straight for the all in player.
Black was stoic in defeat. He paid off the required chips and then offered a quiet and terse, "Well done." Black's stack is at 14,000.