$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
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Total Flight 1A Entries: 29
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 29
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| Steven Damsky (Homestead, FL) |
It's something that almost every poker player has seen at some point in their career...the premature celebration. Not only do some feel as if it's "bad luck" to celebrate too early, it makes the eventual loss of the hand that much worse. Just a few days ago, Steven Damsky was down to the final two tables of Event 10, and in the running for the the $12,176 first place prize.
With the blinds increasing at a rapid rate, and the stacks super shallow across the field, Damsky got his chips all-in (for a pot worth close to 30 big blinds) against Tevy Wellins. Damsky held 7♦ 7♠ against the A♠ 9♣ of Wellins, and right after the deal spread the 7♥ 9♦ 10♠ flop, Damsky put his hands in the air and began celebrating. Considering he was a 95% favorite to win the hand, you can't really blame him for reacting that way. The turn would bring another 10♣, and his equity dropped just slightly to 90%, meaning he would win the hand nine out of ten times. Unfortunately for Damsky, that moment happened to be the time he'd lose, as the river brought the 9♠, giving Wellins a larger full house. Damsky would be eliminated from the tournament in 17th place, and ended up collecting $302 for his efforts.
We're pretty sure that if Damsky finds himself in a similar situation, he may be waiting for the river to fall before he does any celebrating.
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