When you reach the money at a final table, I always try to err on the side of generosity. For one thing, I have been the bubble boy too many times to count, so tossing the bubble his original buy-in always sits well with me. Not everyone feels this way. On the Thursday morning tournament, we were down to 5 players, with 3 places being paid. All of the stacks were pretty even, I had maybe a couple of blinds more than 2nd place. The suggestion was made to chop 5 ways for around $125 each. One player refused. Rut row, watch out Karma. It did not take long before he got all of his chips in against me. I was playing 4/5 suited (spades) in the unraised big blind. He was on the button with A/9 spades. The flop was two spades and a 6. With my flush draw I bet 2500 (blinds were 500/1000). He flat called. The turn was a non-spade 7. I now had an open ended straight draw plus the flush draw (that I didn't know was no good), plus 2 live cards. I thought that I had 17 outs, so I shoved. He called and the river brought a non-spade 5 and he was gone. Poker Karma at its finest.
We played for a short time and I won several pots. With everyone outchipped maybe 4 to one, Tom suggested I take first and they split the rest for around $110 each. Everyone agreed and I took the $290 first place money. Sweet.
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