Queens of Torture

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There are several ways to suffer painfully in the pursuit of poker success. Here is one such method:

You spend 12 hours grinding, concentrating and accumulating chips in the pursuit of a life-changing monetary prize. You have paid a meaningful sum to enter the test but you do what is necessary for 12 hours. Near the end of the day, you have made good progress and then you are dealt {A-Clubs}

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Before you know it, most of your chips are in the middle as someone with a good stack, smaller than yours but not by much, turns over {Q-Clubs}

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You know that to win this very favourable situation will put you close to the chip leaders and in with a realistic shout of making headway in an EPT Main Event!

The dealer turns over a flop of {Q-Hearts}

. Your opponent stands up and hollers in ecstacy. Decorum is not on his list of priorities. Your world and dreams have evaporated. It is indeed poker torture.

Sadly, this fate befell Irishman Simon Kelly in the last level and because Marcel Luske was also on the table fighting for his tournament life, TV cameras and many journalists were also crowding round to drool over the quad queens that cracked aces. Poor Simon.

Tags: Marcel Luske Quads Simon Kelly