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Patrik Antonius doesn't know that Aces are always high in 2-7 Triple Draw. It cost him $19,000 to learn that yesterday at Full Tilt Poker's tables, when he got himself into a pretty embarassing situation: losing a pot to David Oppenheim in 2-7 Triple Draw, he couldn't understand why he lost. It turns out, the man is not fully aware of the game's exact rules.
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[3]David Oppenheim and Patrik Antonius
David Oppenheim won the pot with an A-5-4-3-2 hand (Antonius held 2-2-5-4-3) and Antonius was puzzled to see himself losing with a better(?) hand:
Patrik Antonius: ??????????????????
Patrik Antonius: Oppey
Patrik Antonius: did you see what happened?
David Oppenheim: yeah
David Oppenheim: no
David Oppenheim: lol
Patrik Antonius: you won with the straight
David Oppenheim: you think i had a straight
David Oppenheim: hahahhahahhahahahhaha
Patrik Antonius: wow
David Oppenheim: you are a very bad player
Patrik Antonius: this is how good i am
David Oppenheim: you should play smaller limits
David Oppenheim: too high for you if you think thats a straight
If you also don't know what 2-7 is about, Ace always counts as a high card, and does not contribute to a straight in a hand like Oppenheim had. However good player Patrik Antonius is, he does definitely need to keep learning 2-7 Triple Draw if he wants to turn some profit. Of course it's a bit rude of Oppenheim to ridicule the fish at the table, the Finnish pro might not want to contribute his money to him anymore if he'll behave like that.