Tilt.
Most poker players, at one level or another, even though they don’t like to admit it, go on tilt to some degree. It’s a huge part of what makes the game fascinating. It happens in cash games but the players with a modicum of self knowledge walk away and come back another day. Tournaments don’t allow that luxury. A played can be hit with a tidal wave of bad luck and he or she has to sit there trying to breathe in a measured manner, resisting the urge to bellow “Mayday, Mayday!”
Day 3 of the EPT Warsaw saw Ireland’s Andy Black withstand outrageous storms of bad luck at the Hyatt Regency Casino. After he saw his pocket aces drown against 88, when the snowmen hit a runner-runner flush, he must felt like he was being chased by muggers. It is to his credit that he didn’t chuck away his chips, wailing ‘Have ‘em all, you bastards!’
Appropriately enough for a player who is a ringer for actor Paul Giamatti, he managed to go sideways for a while before he was presented with an opportunity to put his nose into the action. When Leszek Krawczynski was faced with Black’s bet of 17,200, he decided to force him all in for 53,600. The clouds had parted over Black’s head: he called, flipped over aces and the rail was left baffled by Lesek’s play as he revealed AQ.
Andy Black’s ability to temper his emotions has left him with a fighting chance when play resumes today. His 85,000 chips place him 18 of 26 and guarantee him a take home of approximately €8,130.
Those more likely to be tussling for the 1st prize of approx. €609,782 include an online qualifier – Spain’s Juan Maceiras, chip leader with 388,000 - and Christian Oman, whose total of 147,500 chips include some from the hand that may well be giving Andy Black nightmares.
Most poker players, at one level or another, even though they don’t like to admit it, go on tilt to some degree. It’s a huge part of what makes the game fascinating. It happens in cash games but the players with a modicum of self knowledge walk away and come back another day. Tournaments don’t allow that luxury. A played can be hit with a tidal wave of bad luck and he or she has to sit there trying to breathe in a measured manner, resisting the urge to bellow “Mayday, Mayday!”
Day 3 of the EPT Warsaw saw Ireland’s Andy Black withstand outrageous storms of bad luck at the Hyatt Regency Casino. After he saw his pocket aces drown against 88, when the snowmen hit a runner-runner flush, he must felt like he was being chased by muggers. It is to his credit that he didn’t chuck away his chips, wailing ‘Have ‘em all, you bastards!’
Appropriately enough for a player who is a ringer for actor Paul Giamatti, he managed to go sideways for a while before he was presented with an opportunity to put his nose into the action. When Leszek Krawczynski was faced with Black’s bet of 17,200, he decided to force him all in for 53,600. The clouds had parted over Black’s head: he called, flipped over aces and the rail was left baffled by Lesek’s play as he revealed AQ.
Andy Black’s ability to temper his emotions has left him with a fighting chance when play resumes today. His 85,000 chips place him 18 of 26 and guarantee him a take home of approximately €8,130.
Those more likely to be tussling for the 1st prize of approx. €609,782 include an online qualifier – Spain’s Juan Maceiras, chip leader with 388,000 - and Christian Oman, whose total of 147,500 chips include some from the hand that may well be giving Andy Black nightmares.
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