David Tuchman Can't Overcome a Set of Fours

After a flop of , the big blind checks, and David Tuchman bets 1,800 under the gun. A third player calls from middle position, and the big blind calls.

The turn card is the , and the big blind moves all in for 3,600. Tuchman calls, and then the middle-position player moves all in for 13,400. Tuchman says, “How did I get myself into this?”

Tuchman thinks for a bit before he calls. Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

David Tuchman:    (pair of queens)
Middle Position:    (set of fours)
Big Blind:    (pair of eights)

With a set of fours, the middle-position player has Tuchman and the big blind drawing dead. The meaningless river card is the , and the big blind is eliminated as the winner doubles thru Tuchman.

David Tuchman  –  37,000  (46 bb)