Anatomy of a Chop
Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
Split-pot games can be uniquely frustrating, as you be dealt super-premium hole cards, flop a monster, turn the nuts, and end up chopping the pot on the river. You still get chips shipped your way, but it’s all rather an anticlimax. If you’d like to see what it looks like when you chop a big pot, here you go. After Tommy Vedes raised the pot Brandon Cantu re-potted it, and Vedes called. The flop came 6h-9h-Kd and Vedes set Cantu in for his last 135,000. Brandon called with Ac-Ad-Jc-8h to Vedas’ Qh-Qc-2c-3c. “Big cards!” Brandon shouted, as his Aces led Vedes’ Queens and only two running cards below eight would give Vedas the low.
Look at this pics and guess what happened.
The turn was the 5d, the river the 7h, and they chopped the pot. But at least it wasn’t the Queen that could’ve sent Brandon out of the tournament. Chop it up, and move on.
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