Connee's Hooks Lose Their Grip, Unlike Tran's

Tony Dobson has found that even though he doesn't raise that often, he seems to get people moving all in or re-raising him almost every time he gets involved. Unable to steal a blind uncontested, he has gamely kept trying despite feeling like, "I have a sign on my head saying whatever you do, just try to beat me." Just now, however, he raised to 20k preflop and found Cathair Connee (trust us if we'd seen him involved earlier there would have been some great puns) moving all in from the small blind.


It turned out that to call was just 24,100 more, and Dobson made it reluctantly, muttering something about hoping Connee didn't have a bigger Ace, as he flipped As-8d. Connee actually had Jacks, but the flop of Ts-Td-Ad suddenly sent them into last place. A third Ten and no rivered Jack meant that we lost 29th place and the prize money for the next exit inches up to £3,000.

Cuong Tran, on the other hand, rejoices in his Jacks as they just doubled him up to 220k after he got his whole stack in pre...against Tore Lagerborg's Queens! Harmless rags until a Jack on the river. Ouch.