2008 October 19 | Boylepokerblog.com (8): "Raiser Razed - 14:49
October 19th, 2008 | Category: Grand Final, IPO
Ian ‘the raiser’ Frazer just surrendered his bounty over on table 53, having just snuck into the money. Previously he’d seriously damaged his stack by doubling up neighbour Jacob Van Wijk with Q-J suited vs A-7 - I think most of the money went in after the J-8-A flop and there was no improvement for Frazer. But he’d really managed to sneak a microstack into 127th place: the hand before he busted, he put just 16,000 in the middle after Jennie Holland (also short) had shoved all-in preflop under the gun.
She turned out to have As 6s, while his Jc Js were plenty good to win a stack of 43,000. That went in the next hand, and this time Jean Louis Gloaguen was thinking about making the call. Checking out his slightly less desperate stack, Frazer offered: “43. And a football shirt.” He made the call - now Frazer said, “I only have Ace high…I hope you have a pair of Nines.” No such luck - he was dominated with Ah 10h vs Ac Js. The board came 7-K-2-A-5 and Frazer hit the felt."
The "IF"
Sure it’s just a slogan for Boylepoker but at poker tournaments like the IPO it’s all about the IF.
It also happens to be the name of the poem by Rudyard Kipling and one of the if’s is:
“If you can make 1 heap of all your winnings, And risk it on 1 turn of pitch and toss, And lose and start again at your beginnings, And never breath a word about your loss….. then yours is the earth and everything that’s in it and, which is more, you’ll be a man, my son.”
I don’t think he was a poker player, because the bar at this years IPO is full of bad beat stories; they just can’t keep it to themselves.
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