Unless you have a straight or royal flush – exceedingly rare hands in any game -the best you can hope for in a Short Deck tournament is an ace-high flush. Over on table 20 Matthew Willard just demonstrated that hand’s power, eliminating an opponent with said nut flush.
We joined the action with the flop already dealt.
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A few substantial raises and a fourth street (
) later, the field was reduced down to two players. The river was dealt a 
, making three hearts on the board. With approximately 20,000 chips in the pot Matthew went all in utg, pushing his chips into the middle with confidence.
His opponent took a little time to think about it, but not enough. Just as curiosity killed the cat, so did curiosity kill that player’s chances at winning this tournament.
Matthew flipped over his 
, and the tournament field was reduced by one.
