Talley Goes Crazy

"You gotta write down this hand" said Scott Baumstein as we we're trying to figure out the action in a big hand at his table. Baumstein wasn't involved in the hand himself, but was very excited about it. And with good reason, the hand was one of the craziest we've written about yet this summer. It's still early in the series but it does say something.

According to Baumstein, Sam Stein had opened under-the-gun plus one and then called when Caufman Talley three-bet from the button. Stein check-called a bet on , and check-raised on the on the turn. Talley made the call and both players saw the fall on the river. Stein bet out 17,600 with only 15,750 behind. Talley immediately shoved all in putting all the pressure in the world on Stein. Stein had a lot of trouble coming up with his answer to that situation, but eventually made the call by putting his chips in the middle.

Talley had a weird smirk on his face as he confessed he didn't have anything. Stein showed his for flopped trips and Talley wanted to muck. The dealer was strict though; since it was an all-in showdown Talley had to show. The moment we had all been waiting for was there. With what hand had Talley three-bet preflop, bet the flop, bet and called the turn and raised the river all in? It was... for absolutely nothing.