A Wing, Some Cards, and Courage

There have been almost fifty final tables played this year at the World Series of Poker with, in most cases, 9 players going into the final day of play. Of those 9 players, every one of them will go all in at some point in time, and in the end, 8 of them will wind up on the wrong end of exchange. There is nothing profound in that statement: it is just a statement of fact regarding the ways of tournament poker.

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