Busted
I'm OUT.
Kaput.
12:30 a.m. when my luck ran out.
Still and all, I'm pretty happy with myself that I got this far. have to admit, I put more pressure on myself than I should have, if at all. had the "Defending Champion" crap get to my head. boy oh boy, did it affect how I played.
didn't help that I put myself in low stack position early, with a bonehead mistake. had 9/J, and the flop came out a straight draw. I had raised pre-flop, and somehow I got it in my head that only one other guy had called my raise and it was heads up. when 4th came out Q and I got my straight, I raised and one guy folded. I was already thinking that the pot was mine, so I threw my cards to the muck pile.to my consternation (at myself), there was one other guy who was in the pot. By then, my cards were dead, and so was the other raise I put in on the turn.
Was fuming at myself at that point, and put my anger to good use, channeling all my psychic energy at my pocket cards. Which sensing my anger, decided to cooperate and gave me a couple of good deals including pocket rockets, and a Q/K clubs which resulted in a royal flush. Too bad the pot was small when I got the RF. Now have to wait another 100,000 deals to get my royal flush.
A few deals after we had cut down to 19, I had 2/7 at the BB with the blinds 200/400. I know, I know...throw em away every time. But at BB, with only one guy calling and the small lind folding, I saw the flop, which came out 7-8-K. Ok now, I've got a pair, so i've at least got to bet and see if the other guy (Ray) had anything. So I pitched in 800 hoping to represent the K, which he thought about a long time before he called.
Turn came with a 2, and I was thinking "Hallelujah! My trash turned into gold!!!" I was thinking, if he called with a pair King, I have him beat with a two pair. I threw out another 800, which he again thought about at length, but called, probably thinking that it didn't help either of us and I was just bluffing at the pot.
Looking back, I see that my mistake wasn't going all in with the two pair on the turn. I tried to get cute and not scare him away when I knew I had him beat. Damn damn damn...
Again I'm being taught by the game not to get cute.
River comes with an 8, pairing the one that came out on the flop. Now I'm thinking, shit...if he had the pair Kings, the two eights on the board just gave him two pair, beating what I made on the turn. 1,200 and change in chips, with the blinds about to go up to 300/600. Do I take my chances now with something, or wait for the blinds to eat me up? If I waited for the next round of blinds and it hits me with nothing, that would only leave me with 300 after hitting SB and BB. All-in now and hope to scare him away.
That all-in with 1,200 wasn't enough to scare him away with hime already invested 2,00, and little did I know that he made trip 8s. I tried to get cute again by asking him before he showed if he had the K, to which Ray replied "no, but I have the 8."
Damn, damn, damn...don't get cute Denis. Ever.
Really shoud have gone all-in on the turn.
Did I do the right thing? Let me know. Leave a comment.
Kaput.
12:30 a.m. when my luck ran out.
Still and all, I'm pretty happy with myself that I got this far. have to admit, I put more pressure on myself than I should have, if at all. had the "Defending Champion" crap get to my head. boy oh boy, did it affect how I played.
didn't help that I put myself in low stack position early, with a bonehead mistake. had 9/J, and the flop came out a straight draw. I had raised pre-flop, and somehow I got it in my head that only one other guy had called my raise and it was heads up. when 4th came out Q and I got my straight, I raised and one guy folded. I was already thinking that the pot was mine, so I threw my cards to the muck pile.to my consternation (at myself), there was one other guy who was in the pot. By then, my cards were dead, and so was the other raise I put in on the turn.
Was fuming at myself at that point, and put my anger to good use, channeling all my psychic energy at my pocket cards. Which sensing my anger, decided to cooperate and gave me a couple of good deals including pocket rockets, and a Q/K clubs which resulted in a royal flush. Too bad the pot was small when I got the RF. Now have to wait another 100,000 deals to get my royal flush.
A few deals after we had cut down to 19, I had 2/7 at the BB with the blinds 200/400. I know, I know...throw em away every time. But at BB, with only one guy calling and the small lind folding, I saw the flop, which came out 7-8-K. Ok now, I've got a pair, so i've at least got to bet and see if the other guy (Ray) had anything. So I pitched in 800 hoping to represent the K, which he thought about a long time before he called.
Turn came with a 2, and I was thinking "Hallelujah! My trash turned into gold!!!" I was thinking, if he called with a pair King, I have him beat with a two pair. I threw out another 800, which he again thought about at length, but called, probably thinking that it didn't help either of us and I was just bluffing at the pot.
Looking back, I see that my mistake wasn't going all in with the two pair on the turn. I tried to get cute and not scare him away when I knew I had him beat. Damn damn damn...
Again I'm being taught by the game not to get cute.
River comes with an 8, pairing the one that came out on the flop. Now I'm thinking, shit...if he had the pair Kings, the two eights on the board just gave him two pair, beating what I made on the turn. 1,200 and change in chips, with the blinds about to go up to 300/600. Do I take my chances now with something, or wait for the blinds to eat me up? If I waited for the next round of blinds and it hits me with nothing, that would only leave me with 300 after hitting SB and BB. All-in now and hope to scare him away.
That all-in with 1,200 wasn't enough to scare him away with hime already invested 2,00, and little did I know that he made trip 8s. I tried to get cute again by asking him before he showed if he had the K, to which Ray replied "no, but I have the 8."
Damn, damn, damn...don't get cute Denis. Ever.
Really shoud have gone all-in on the turn.
Did I do the right thing? Let me know. Leave a comment.
posted by denis at 12:30 AM
2 Comments:
Denis,
I remember a similar situation regarding the 7/2s two pairing on the board but getting beat because of a pair on the board when the river came. Its the worse hand in the game so I guess that's one of the reasons why 2's are so weak.
I made the same mistake when I hit a two pair on the flop K/6 (flop was K-A-6, two hearts), heads up. I tried to be cute and called his pot sized bet instead of reraising which I should've done! turn came another A, both checked, finally a heart came on the river for the possible flush, I went all in knowing that nobody hit the A's but he hit the flush din't see he had it because of the bet on the flop.
-mark
denis,
1st of all, unless you threw off some crazy obvious tells, which i've never seen you do, his call on the flop was incorrect.
2nd, yes, a jam on the turn was prolly the right play.
3rd, whaddayagonnado?
GG bro.
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