Beluga Whale Disproven once
The Beluga Whale theorem basically states that no one ever folds a full house. But in a recent WSOP event, Phil Hellmuth, the poker playing brat, did just that. And in high fashion to boot. Bubble play in a 3000 buy-in tournament at Everest Poker telecharger. Hellmuth looks down to see QQ on the Big Blind. Player just in front of him, Under the Gun leads out with a bet of 7000. Blinds are at 1000/2000. So it’s 5000 for Hellmuth to play.
The flop comes 3-3-3. Wow. Flopped a full house, only three hands beat him here. AA, KK, or any 3. The 3 is incredibly unlikely due to the betting out from the player under the Gun. Hellmuth Called.
Check from Hellmuth in the Big Blind. And 20,000 gets fired out as the bet. And Hellmuth has calls as well. The one other poker player in the hand folded, leaving the pot at 62,000.
Hellmuth has 74,000 left. He checks, and his opponent moves all in. Now he’s tanking. After talking to the UTG player, he reads him as strong. And folds. Turning face up his QQ full house. Out of a gesture of respect, the UTG player flops up AA.
That’s just not something you see everyday, people usually just don’t fold a full house.