Texas Hold’em Shootout…..Rivered!

Played  in the morning $25 texas hold’em single table shootout at the casino.  Hadn’t caught a hand in the early stages. The table was playing pretty fast and loose.  I was dealt the eight nine suited in spades in the cut off, four people limped in so i also limped, hoping to see a favorable flop. No one raised so we see the flop of nine, two, five rainbow.  The small blind fires out a minimum bet of fifty and the big blind  just calls. I considered raising but I figured I had the best hand and really didn’t want to drive any people out, so i just call  and everyone else drops out. The turn brings a three of spades. Small blind checks and the big blind goes all in for one hundred twenty five. I have him covered in chips and again I want the small blind to call especially since now I picked up the flush draw so I just flat call. Small blind folds                                               .Poker Odds-Calculator from FlopTurnRiver.com
Holdem Hi: 100,000 sampled boards containing 2 9 5
Player 1 (6 6): win 9.96% lose 90.04% tie 0.00% EV 0.100
Player 2 (9 8): win 90.04% lose 9.96% tie 0.00% EV 0.900

So beings a ninety percent favorite, i really like my hand when he flips over his pockets six”s………..until………the dreaded  four hits the river giving him the six high straight!!!!

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