Almost forgot

Actually, I didn't almost forget--I did forget to include this in the post about winning the Bodog tournament earlier today. It's another triumph of the Mighty Deuce-Four.

Bodog makes it exceptionally difficult to get and read hand histories, but the series of screen shots above has the facts, if you take time to slog through them. Short version: I raised from UTG+1, got a caller, flopped two pair, bet every street, and got paid off by ace-high when his flush didn't come in. It was a 44-big-blind pot by the time all was said and done.

This guy lost 2/3 of his stack on this hand, half of that being the call on the river with ace-high--all because he chose to play a bad hand from out of position. And, of course, because he was drawing dead going up against the most powerful hand in poker.