Many people share the common misconception that sponsored poker pros run hotter than the sun. Sure, there are times they combine playing well with running hot, but they are still subject to the same horrible bad beats as the rest of us mere mortals. Team PokerStars’ Ben "Spraggy" Spragg has evidence of this.
Spragg found himself on the bubble of the $109 Daily Turbo Cooldown PKO when Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins opened from the button. Spragg responded by three-betting almost all-in to 30,400 with at the 1,600/3,200/320a lvel, leaving himself only 1,200 chips behind.