4.17.2005
Just a bad beat story...
I'm playing in a local tournament. 14 playing, $20 a pop. $160 goes to the winner.
I've been sitting back the first couple of rounds, just surveying the table. Guy to my right is aggressive as hell, raising pots with just about anything. The rest of my table...doesn't quite know what they're doing. They know their hands, but they're not playing anyone else's.
Anyway, I finally pick up a hand I feel like playing. I get KQs one off the button. I decide to limp, and either trap if I hit my hand, or lay it down if I don't; these guys limp too much, and half of them call you if you raise...it's early in the tourney, and with the blinds somewhat small (50-100, start with 2000), I don't want to risk TOO much.
The bet is mini-raised by the guy on the right. I figure I'll call, as I still have a solid hand pre-flop. Four or five call as well, putting the pot at around 1200.
Flop: Kc Kd 3 d
I have trips and am a bit afraid of the flush draw. The hand is checked to me, and I bet out 500, which leaves me with 1150. The guy on my left calls immediately, and I put him on either a flush draw or the other king, and it folds to the guy on my right, who pushes all-in.
I don't even hesitate. I know I have the best hand; no way he has AK or K3. He has the other king, but not the boat I call.
The guy on my left calls, and I read him right when he turns over 54d. The guy on my right turns over K4.
I like my chances. He's a 8% chance to win the hand, at best. Maybe even 5% or 2%.
Doesn't matter. My face freezes when the 4 comes down on the turn, making him his boat.
Sometimes, it doesn't matter how good you're playing, or how bad the competition is.
The cards will just wipe you out.
That's okay. I've been playing very solid lately, and have a big tournament tomorrow. My tournament results on Stars lately:
Thursday: 6th out of 3,012
Friday: 30th out of 1,107
Saturday: 10th out of 2,430
I'm playing the best poker of my life, and I'm ready to take this down tomorrow.
I'm playing in a local tournament. 14 playing, $20 a pop. $160 goes to the winner.
I've been sitting back the first couple of rounds, just surveying the table. Guy to my right is aggressive as hell, raising pots with just about anything. The rest of my table...doesn't quite know what they're doing. They know their hands, but they're not playing anyone else's.
Anyway, I finally pick up a hand I feel like playing. I get KQs one off the button. I decide to limp, and either trap if I hit my hand, or lay it down if I don't; these guys limp too much, and half of them call you if you raise...it's early in the tourney, and with the blinds somewhat small (50-100, start with 2000), I don't want to risk TOO much.
The bet is mini-raised by the guy on the right. I figure I'll call, as I still have a solid hand pre-flop. Four or five call as well, putting the pot at around 1200.
Flop: Kc Kd 3 d
I have trips and am a bit afraid of the flush draw. The hand is checked to me, and I bet out 500, which leaves me with 1150. The guy on my left calls immediately, and I put him on either a flush draw or the other king, and it folds to the guy on my right, who pushes all-in.
I don't even hesitate. I know I have the best hand; no way he has AK or K3. He has the other king, but not the boat I call.
The guy on my left calls, and I read him right when he turns over 54d. The guy on my right turns over K4.
I like my chances. He's a 8% chance to win the hand, at best. Maybe even 5% or 2%.
Doesn't matter. My face freezes when the 4 comes down on the turn, making him his boat.
Sometimes, it doesn't matter how good you're playing, or how bad the competition is.
The cards will just wipe you out.
That's okay. I've been playing very solid lately, and have a big tournament tomorrow. My tournament results on Stars lately:
Thursday: 6th out of 3,012
Friday: 30th out of 1,107
Saturday: 10th out of 2,430
I'm playing the best poker of my life, and I'm ready to take this down tomorrow.
