Bad Beats Out of the Way for Alex O’Brien
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We caught up with Alex O’Brien before the start of Day 1b, where she is battling it out in the early moments on Table 11. O’Brien is well-known not only as a women’s poker advocate but also as a fierce poker player herself.
Her book “The Truth Detective: A Poker Player’s Guide to a Complex World” deserves tons of love as it shows how learning concepts in poker can also be applied to the real world which also boasts tons of uncertainty like poker does.
O’Brien played in the €200 Betsson One Bullet yesterday and shared she got her bad beats out of the way. She shared that she opened up from early position with Q♣5♣ and four players called.
Two clubs came on the flop. O’Brien continued and the first player to call pre-flop was the only player to call the flop before another club came on the turn to complete O’Brien’s flush. After some deliberation about what her opponent might have had, she shared she three-bet jammed the turn and was shocked that her opponent called with K♣K♥ with an overpair and a king-high flush draw.
Her opponent completed a better flush on the river and O’Brien shared that she wasn’t disappointed as she feels she got the bad beats out of the way.
O’Brien also shared that she would prefer a table free of Hippodrome players as she would prefer not to play today against friends. We wish her the best of luck along with the rest of the field.
