When is a bad beat that knocks you out of a tourney a good thing?

Gus Mango Fish · 20th April 2006, 04:10 AM

The winner of the Irish Poker Open, Vincent Mellin, had to horribly bad-beat someone on the way to the title by hitting a 2-outer on the river.

The man he beat, Rumit Somaiya, was understandably disappointed. Vincent felt pretty bad about the beat and revealed that he was so confident that he (Vincent) was going to win the title that he'd bet €100 at 250-1 to do so.

So, to make up for the bad beat, he gave Rumit the betting slip and, of course, went on to win the tourney.

Rumit picked up €25,000 for his bad beat. Not only that but he also had a share of the second placed finisher!

sentialsteve · 21st April 2006, 01:02 AM

What an idiot! He gave away over £17,000 just because he bad beat the guy??!! Did anyone not tell him 'Thats poker'!

PLBlade · 21st April 2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sentialsteve

What an idiot! He gave away over £17,000 just because he bad beat the guy??!! Did anyone not tell him 'Thats poker'!

To be fair, he still had to win the tournament in order for Rumit to win the €25,000 , at which point, he [Mellion] himself would have picked up €350,000 (the final table deals not withstanding) so I guess he was not overly concerned with giving the ticket away.

20th April 2006, 04:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gus Mango Fish Adopt a donk Last Online: Today 04:52 PM Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 4,030	When is a bad beat that knocks you out of a tourney a good thing? The winner of the Irish Poker Open, Vincent Mellin, had to horribly bad-beat someone on the way to the title by hitting a 2-outer on the river. The man he beat, Rumit Somaiya, was understandably disappointed. Vincent felt pretty bad about the beat and revealed that he was so confident that he (Vincent) was going to win the title that he'd bet €100 at 250-1 to do so. So, to make up for the bad beat, he gave Rumit the betting slip and, of course, went on to win the tourney. Rumit picked up €25,000 for his bad beat. Not only that but he also had a share of the second placed finisher! __________________ Last edited by Gus Mango Fish : 20th April 2006 at 04:34 AM.
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21st April 2006, 01:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
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