Rodriguez has a Bronx TaleYou can calculate all the poker odds in the world and make perfect strategic plays, but there's no accounting for superstition or bad luck.
Yinmi Rodriguez (Bronx, NY) and Tom Arrigoni (Edison, NJ) are each in the 400k chip range and get involved in a huge pot with a third player that has less than 100k.
On a board of K♠ 7♠ 7♦ A♦ Arrigoni bets 175k and Rodriguez moves all in for 75k more, which Arrigoni calls.
Rodriguez: K♦ 6♦ (pair of kings, nut flush draw)
Arrigoni: Q♣ 7♣ (trip 7s)
River: 8♦
Rodriguez hits the flush and more than double-ups, to win an 800k chip pot. "I had to follow what I promised," explains Rodriquez, who is the unofficial chip leader, "whenever my boy is here and I have a king, I have to play it."
Rodriguez tells everyone at the table that the king is a popular card and "always" hits the board in their home game. So whenever his buddy is around Rodriguez plays any king.
"So far it's worked 14 out of 15 times," he says, but they haven't all come in this tournament.
Arrigoni takes the beat in stride and is left with 150k.
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