1976 World Series of Poker, Main Event. Twenty-two players paid $10,000 each, and the winner takes all $220,000. Two are left. You are Doyle Brunson, with the chip lead. Across from you is Jesse Alto.
a good decision: equity above the price
The river decides the result. It doesn’t decide whether the play was right. Mixing the two up is called resulting.
Both hands were played at Binion’s Horseshoe, Las Vegas. Ten–two is still called the Doyle Brunson.
1976 cards, board and action from Wikipedia. 1977 from Mac Poker Online’s history; its suits and amounts weren’t recorded, so it is told in words. Neither hand’s preflop action or stacks were recorded.
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