A poker narrative for Friday the 13th :)

#1 14th August 2010, 6:27 AM

Friday the 13th was possibly one of the most fun losing nights I’ve ever had. For just $15, I rode a roller coaster of shocking poker twists and turns that define what makes this game so special. This may be a long post, so bear with me. I think you will be entertained.

1c Ante $0.02/$0.05 6 Player NL Deep-Stack: Hand 11
I was under the gun and was dealt 7 8 offsuit. I limped, was called by the button, and the big blind checked. So I’m out of position with a mediocre hand with 3 players to the hand. While this may seem like a recipe for disaster, I was very pleased when the flop came 5 6 T rainbow. Time to do some damage.
I min-raised, was 3-bet by the button, so me and BB called. The turn came 3 of diamonds. I rased 2BB and was called by both players. At this point, the pot is a whopping $0.89. The river: a 4! I hit my straight! The big blind checked, so I went ahead and raised just 3BB to watch them hand me their money.
Sure enough, button folded, but big blind bet the pot. I immediately re-raised all in, and was insta-called. Uh-oh. I showed 8 7o, a straight to eight. He showed 8 7s, a straight to eight; split pot.

1c Ante $0.02/$0.05 6 Player NL Deep-Stack: Hand 18 (Different Table)
I was under the gun again and was dealt T 2 offsuit, the Doyle Brunson. Of course, I limped; I always love to play this hand for some bad reason. Wouldn’t you know the flop came T 2 6 rainbow! And then the turn was another ten! One poor soul had a ten as well, so needless to say, I think he was pretty upset when I took down the $3.56 pot with a full house, tens over twos!

$2 + 0.25 STT Turbo: Hand 19:
I was in middle position with pocket nines; standard 2.5x raise. Small blind calls, Big Blind shoves. WE BOTH CALL. I figured that I was dead since nines are only so good, and I only had 600 chips left now. But the flop came 3 T 8 with two hearts; not bad at all for the pocket pair. Small blind shoved, I figured he had the hearts or the top pair, so I called.
Much to my chagrin, he shows pocket eights. Then, all-in guy shows pocket tens! Talk about a misread…I left that table beaten very soundly, and pocket eights guy wasn’t very happy either.

$2 + 0.25 STT Turbo: Hand 45 (Different Table):
4 PLAYERS REMAINING. Villian was OOP and limped preflop. I looked down at Big Slick (A K suited), so I raised to 500. He went all-in; I insta-called. He flips over pocket twos, and I hit a King on the flop. Imagine how upset I was when he hit his deuce on the river and tremble.

$3 + 0.30 MTT 90p Knockout: Hand 49:
Guy to my right only had 59 chips. He called all-in, so I went all-in so I could have a shot at collecting his bounty. With K 7 os, I figured I may have a high card or get lucky. I was called. By pocket Aces. But if you think that K 7 will lose to pocket aces, think again; I hit a straight to J, and my tourney life continued. He was very respectful; no angry text comments or anything. That’s poker folks.
Hand 85: the sickest hand I’ve ever seen (besides my beating aces with K 7) 3 players to the flop, it comes 6 6 7 rainbow. Guy acting first shoves, bluffing. He is insta-called. The caller shows a 6, all he has is J 5 os. Yes, he ended up making a straight and winning :-/

So as you can see, it was a very memorable night for me at the tables. I will hopefully get my 15 bucks back, but if I don’t it was definitely well-spent.

#2 14th August 2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by palmerd2

Friday the 13th was possibly one of the most fun losing nights I’ve ever had. For just $15, I rode a roller coaster of shocking poker twists and turns that define what makes this game so special. This may be a long post, so bear with me. I think you will be entertained.

1c Ante $0.02/$0.05 6 Player NL Deep-Stack: Hand 11
I was under the gun and was dealt 7 8 offsuit. I limped, was called by the button, and the big blind checked. So I’m out of position with a mediocre hand with 3 players to the hand. While this may seem like a recipe for disaster, I was very pleased when the flop came 5 6 T rainbow. Time to do some damage.
I min-raised, was 3-bet by the button, so me and BB called. The turn came 3 of diamonds. I rased 2BB and was called by both players. At this point, the pot is a whopping $0.89. The river: a 4! I hit my straight! The big blind checked, so I went ahead and raised just 3BB to watch them hand me their money.
Sure enough, button folded, but big blind bet the pot. I immediately re-raised all in, and was insta-called. Uh-oh. I showed 8 7o, a straight to eight. He showed 8 7s, a straight to eight; split pot.

1c Ante $0.02/$0.05 6 Player NL Deep-Stack: Hand 18 (Different Table)
I was under the gun again and was dealt T 2 offsuit, the Doyle Brunson. Of course, I limped; I always love to play this hand for some bad reason. Wouldn’t you know the flop came T 2 6 rainbow! And then the turn was another ten! One poor soul had a ten as well, so needless to say, I think he was pretty upset when I took down the $3.56 pot with a full house, tens over twos!

$2 + 0.25 STT Turbo: Hand 19:
I was in middle position with pocket nines; standard 2.5x raise. Small blind calls, Big Blind shoves. WE BOTH CALL. I figured that I was dead since nines are only so good, and I only had 600 chips left now. But the flop came 3 T 8 with two hearts; not bad at all for the pocket pair. Small blind shoved, I figured he had the hearts or the top pair, so I called.
Much to my chagrin, he shows pocket eights. Then, all-in guy shows pocket tens! Talk about a misread…I left that table beaten very soundly, and pocket eights guy wasn’t very happy either.

$2 + 0.25 STT Turbo: Hand 45 (Different Table):
4 PLAYERS REMAINING. Villian was OOP and limped preflop. I looked down at Big Slick (A K suited), so I raised to 500. He went all-in; I insta-called. He flips over pocket twos, and I hit a King on the flop. Imagine how upset I was when he hit his deuce on the river and tremble.

$3 + 0.30 MTT 90p Knockout: Hand 49:
Guy to my right only had 59 chips. He called all-in, so I went all-in so I could have a shot at collecting his bounty. With K 7 os, I figured I may have a high card or get lucky. I was called. By pocket Aces. But if you think that K 7 will lose to pocket aces, think again; I hit a straight to J, and my tourney life continued. He was very respectful; no angry text comments or anything. That’s poker folks.
Hand 85: the sickest hand I’ve ever seen (besides my beating aces with K 7) 3 players to the flop, it comes 6 6 7 rainbow. Guy acting first shoves, bluffing. He is insta-called. The caller shows a 6, all he has is J 5 os. Yes, he ended up making a straight and winning :-/

So as you can see, it was a very memorable night for me at the tables. I will hopefully get my 15 bucks back, but if I don’t it was definitely well-spent.

You played poorly. However it sounds like you had fun.

I play poker to win money, and winning money is fun. I used to play poker to have fun. And that cost me money.

Luckily, you are playing at much lower stakes than I.

My Friday the 13th experience involved me making a quick $400 cash (3 hours of poker, half a laptop... win.) But is much less memorable.

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