Patrik Antonius doesn’t know that Aces are always high in 2-7 Triple Draw. It cost him $19,000 to learn that yesterday at Full Tilt Poker‘s tables, when he got himself into a pretty embarassing situation: losing a pot to David Oppenheim in 2-7 Triple Draw, he couldn’t understand why he lost. It turns out, the man is not fully aware of the game’s exact rules.
David Oppenheim and Patrik Antonius
David Oppenheim won the pot with an A-5-4-3-2 hand (Antonius held 2-2-5-4-3) and Antonius was puzzled to see himself losing with a better(?) hand:
Patrik Antonius: ??????????????????
Patrik Antonius: Oppey
Patrik Antonius: did you see what happened?
David Oppenheim: yeah
David Oppenheim: no
David Oppenheim: lol
Patrik Antonius: you won with the straight
David Oppenheim: you think i had a straight
David Oppenheim: hahahhahahhahahahhaha
Patrik Antonius: wow
David Oppenheim: you are a very bad player
Patrik Antonius: this is how good i am
David Oppenheim: you should play smaller limits
David Oppenheim: too high for you if you think thats a straight
If you also don’t know what 2-7 is about, Ace always counts as a high card, and does not contribute to a straight in a hand like Oppenheim had. However good player Patrik Antonius is, he does definitely need to keep learning 2-7 Triple Draw if he wants to turn some profit. Of course it’s a bit rude of Oppenheim to ridicule the fish at the table, the Finnish pro might not want to contribute his money to him anymore if he’ll behave like that.
