That Number 13 - Lucky for Some and Not so Lucky for Others

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Table 13 may not be everyone's personal pick to take a seat, especially if you are superstitious. Two people who are feeling very comfortable with the table number 13 are team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby and Panama's Jose Severino.

One person who will be bemoaning the table 13 curse is Thomas Tiroch as this hand demonstrates. We join the hand on the flop. The board is {a-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} and there is 15,000 splattered across the table. Severino is in the Small Blind and Tiroch is in the Big Blind. To cut a long story slightly shorter so I can get back out there doing more reporting for you - they ended up in a raising war and Tiroch was put all in.

Tiroch had {a-Clubs} {5-Clubs} for two pair and Severino {a-Spades} {k-Clubs} for one pair. Tiroch was a 72% favourite to win the hand. But what does that matter! Turn {9-Diamonds} and Tiroch was now a 79.5% favourite to double up and then river was the {9-Clubs} and Severino found his extra 20% to take down the hand at the final whistle with the same two pair as Tiroch but with the King kicker.