Breaking the Kings Curse
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The table was excited to retell the story of how Orville Schlosser had lost with pocket kings to pocket aces three times and he still had a decent stack.
During this conversation a hand unfolded with action on the flop of 10♠2♣7♦ and a built pot of about 25,000. The player in the big blind made a bet of 75,000 and Chris Barbeisch was in the cutoff and moved all in for 93,000. The big blind was pot committed and called.
Chris Barbeisch: K♦K♥ 
Big blind: Q♠Q♣
The turn came with the 10♥ and the river came with the 9♦ and kings held. The table could not help themselves to tease Schlosser and someone said, "Now that is how you play kings", which elicited laughter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |