As this summer’s World Series of Poker winds down, I am remembering an experience playing in a WSOP event last summer. It was the $500 Casino Employees Hold’em event — not quite the prestige of the $10,000 Main Event, but an exciting opportunity nonetheless.
Thinking back on that tournament, one hand in particular comes to mind that illustrated a lesson I wanted to share here. It was a hand that highlighted the downside to wearing headphones at the poker table and not utilizing all of your available senses when figuring out what to do.