Armand King comes to Playground from Richibouctou Village, NB, for almost all of our large and small events, and he does well – he has at least 10 cashes to his name including a $33K score in World Cup of Cards event a couple of years ago. Alas, it was not to be in today’s Seniors’ tourney – Armand was just eliminated in 17th place.
Preflop, he was facing a raise to 8K and a call, and he chose to 3bet to 17K. The original raiser – Steve Taylor – then shoved over the top. The initial 8K caller folded and Armand called.
Steve: 
Armand: 
The damage to Armand came on the flop: 
and the 
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only changed the winning holding – it was a flush that took Armand out, not a bigger pair.