Dan's Deuces Are Good
Dan Kelly just showed the creativity and willingness to gamble that separates the professionals from the amateurs. Or he just got lucky, it all depends on your perspective.
After Theron Eichenberger opened for 80,000, doubling the current big blind, Benny Chang and Kelly came along to see a flop of hit the table. All three players checked this lightly textured board, but on the turn, Kelly opted for a bet of 150,000.
Eichenberger released his hand, but Chang stuck around to see the river, which came . Kelly again led out, this time for 350,000, and Chang pondered his position in the hand for over a minute before tossing a single chip forward for the call.
When Kelly rolled over , Chang had to look at the hand for a moment before mucking his own, a bit surprised to see Kelly called a raise with such a ragged hand, Like they say though, the pros know how to play every hand in the deck effectively, and Kelly's ability to extract value from his trip deuces proved that to be true.