CPPT Main Event
Level 4 (100/200)Total Entrants: 138
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| Paul Snead (Kingspark, NY) |
Chris Moneymaker rivering a full house to eliminated a young Phil Ivey from the Final Table, a hand that would change the course of poker forever, Tony Dunst going Dr. Evil-esq and putting his pinky to his mouth when he comedically moved all-in for his last "one mirron" chips, any one of the Phil Hellmuth rants or blow ups mainly those against "idiots from Northern Europe" are just a few that come right to mind, another occurred late in the 2008 Main event and involved Paul Snead (Kingspark, NY) who's in today's Card Player Poker Tour Main Event Flight A.
The hand in question was against Scott Montgomery where Snead was facing a massive all-in bet on the flop and while he was thinking through his decision, Tiffany Michelle, who wasn't involved in the hand called "clock" on Snead, forcing him into a quicker decision than he would have liked.
Snead held top pair and would say, "If it's about math, I call, if it's about survival I fold."
Math won out and he'd be correct, calling with Montgomery putting his face in his hands as he was floundering with Ace high, needing two hit on the turn and river to stay alive.
"I got 'em! I got 'em!" Snead would yell across the table to Montgomery, poised to become one of the Main Event chip leaders.
Before the dealer put out the last two cards, Craig Marquis would turn to Michelle and say, "Not cool bro, not cool." a line that will live with this poker blogger for a long, long time.
While Michelle's "clock" call wasn't cool, the river was even more "uncool" as Snead turned a flush draw and Montgomery was drawing to two aces, only to spike the [Ad] on the river to complete the double up and swing the entire momentum of that WSOP Main Event.
If Snead would have won the pot, that clip probably wouldn't have turned into anything of note, but Snead would end up going out 21st in that event, his biggest tournament score to date making just under $260,000, with Montgomery making the 'November Nine' and going out 5th, with his double up against Snead playing a big role in both players Main Event fates.
We would have to imagine that Snead's recovered from that brutal beat as he's had a few good tournament scores since, his biggest coming during the 2013 WSOP Circuit Main Event at Foxwoods where he finished 4th for $65,000.
Snead will be looking to replicate both of those runs here today and while he's at a tough table with CPPT champion Teddy Geddes and WPT Champion's Cup winner Raj Patel, we imagine no one at that table is going to be "uncool" and will let Snead take all the time he wants to make his decisions here in the CPPT Main Event.
