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[QUOTE="aliengenius, post: 683590, member: 11924"]
Drawing to the inside straight was the correct move in the [URL="http://www.bluffmagazine.com/Magazine/2006_01_37.asp"]wsop me in  1980:[/URL]

With Brunson having set the line on Stuey at 100:1                            prior to the tournament, the match up offered the Kid                            his desired revenge. Brunson was the favorite at 6:5,                            despite Ungar having the chip lead [B]$400K- $300K.[/B] Ungar                            wanted a piece of that action; Brunson stepped up and                            accepted his $50K wager.
                         The final hand of the tournament started with Doyle                            limping on the small blind to make the pot almost [B]$13k[/B].                            The A-7-2 flop gave Doyle top two pair, while Stuey                            had only an inside straight draw. Ungar checked and                            Brunson bet [B]$17k[/B]. Against most players, he’d have                            taken the pot down there, but Ungar made the call.
                         The turn brought the Kid’s miracle three, giving                            him the straight. He immediately bet out for [B]forty thousand[/B],                            knowing that a check-raise was more likely to scare                            the Texan away. Brunson paused for a moment and declared                            himself all in, pushing [B]$275k[/B] into the pot. He’d                            later call it “one of the worst plays of my career.”                            The straight held up, and Stu Ungar had his first world                            championship win.
                         Here’s the beautiful thing about this hand: For                            the call of $17k on the flop to make any sense, Stuey                            had to figure he’d be getting paid off at 11.5:1.                            Put another way, he had to be fairly certain he was                            getting more than $150k from Doyle’s stack into                            the pot if he hit the turn. Stuey only called because                            he knew Brunson’s hand was strong enough to ensure                            an all-in if Stuey caught his straight. For the call                            to make any sense, Stuey had to have a surefire read                            on the greatest player of his day in this, the second                            tournament of his life.
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