Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

The saddest tournament elimination ever?

We recap some funny stories of the week including when you order food during a tournament then bust out right away, plus a card printer fail.





The walk of shame

There is nothing worse than ordering food at the table then getting eliminated right away....unless of course it is being broadcast in the EPT Sochi Main Event.

Some people are calling this the saddest tournament exit of all time, we prefer to think of it as a feel good story where the guy gets the sushi at the end of it.

You had one job!

A bit more shame is fair here, as the popular 'You Had One Job' Twitter account finally has a poker tweet:

More six figure pots LATB

Live At The Bike has been the home of high stakes cash lately, and here is a $128k pot just released from the Million Dollar Cash Game. It's never good when your opponent is all loosey goosey eating an apple.

We've all been there

Nothing unusual about this final hand once you have been around poker a while, but thanks to Twitch we get to relive it without it costing us money:

Have you had a sadder tournament walk of shame? Let us know in the comments:


Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.