Carroll Chops Another Pot
by Court on 04.24.08, 7:40 pm
The dealer throws out the first card and you sneak a quick peak to see the corner of a black ace. This builds a little excitement as you hold your cards after they are all dealt and wait on the action to fold around to you before looking at both your cards. First one up is the A
, probably the same black ace you peeled up the first time. You shuffle the cards so the other one is on bottom and lift the corner to see the A
.
Deep in a tournament just getting pocket aces is a big deal. The next step is getting action. Picking up aces in the big blind and getting a walk is a huge letdown. Picking up the pot with a standard raise is ok, but still seems like a waste of aces.
In a statistical anomaly Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (left) has been all in with pocket aces against another player with pocket aces twice today. Both times the pot was split after no flush appeared on board.
