Failed Attempt to Honor Doyle Gifts Chen With a Stack

Chris Land

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action folded to Pete Chen in the cutoff who raised to 2,000. The button folded to the player in the small blind who put in a three-bet to 7,500. Chen called and both players headed to a flop of 3?J?4?.

The player in the small blind continued by leading into Chen with a bet of 6,000. Chen called, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the K?.

The small blind continued their aggression with a bet of 11,000, which Chen called, taking both players to an 8? river card.

The small blind player paused briefly as he thought over his action before deciding to move forward the last of his 30,000 or so chips and unfortunately for him, Chen was there waiting to snap him off and show A?A?.

As he stood up to exit the tournament area, the small blind player said, "I had to bluff this hand." as he turned up the 10?2? in an apparent attempt to honor Doyle Brunson that had gone horribly wrong.