The World Series of Poker main event is Dan Harrington’s backyard. Few have even come close to the achievements that Harrington has had at the main event. In ’09 Harrington was well on his way to another deep run in the main event when he ran into a hand that slowed his progress to a crawl, and began what was a sub-par effort for “Action Dan” - finishing in 252nd place for a payday of $32,963. But as we all know, even the best players need some luck to win.
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Harrington was sitting in the big blind when the action checked around to the small blind, who made a raise, making it 8500 to go. Harrington seemed to disregard the raise and quickly called the bet. After a flop of Ah-Jc-5h came off, the small blind player came out betting 9,500. It didn’t take Harrington long to make the call. The turn card was the Qh, which would allow the possible flush out there. The small blind player checked the action this time, opening it up for Harrington to make a bet at the pot. Harrington ended up making a bet 16,000K, and it looked like he might take down the pot for a minute before his opponent made the call.
The river was a nasty 5s, which added to the drama because it paired the board. Once again the action was checked to Harrington, who then went on to make a value bet of 37,000. After that happened, the small blind player pushed in his remaining stack. After some deliberation Harrington made the call.
At showdown Harrington knew he was in some trouble because he didn’t bet on the river after the action was checked to him. His worst fears came true when he saw that his opponent held A-5 for a full house. Harrington had drawn out a flush on the turn, holding Kh-2h, but wasn’t able to hold on to his lead by the end of the competition. The loss of that hand pounded Harrington down to a little over 200K, knocked him off the leaderboard, and essentially crippled him for the rest of the event. Why not try out some of these skills right now at Pinnacle Poker with 30% rakeback!
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