Been happy with being ITM as often as I am but I would like to do better of course. Like tonight played tight made the money finally got a hand 99 and meet up against 10 10 and go out 1st in the money when I could have made a little more if I would have not played 99 against a big call. I had him on AK or AQ. so my read was off too. well good luck and good night
We all run into those situations, we play a good pocket pair and our opponent has a better one. It's just one of those wacky things in the crazy thing we call poker. At least you got beat by a better hand. I was playing in a tournament earlier, only three handed at the table because the other 6 were sitting out. I have A9s on the button, I pot size raise and SB calls, This guy had a pretty big calling range and liked to play suited or connected cards. Flop come 985 rainbow. He checks, I bet 3/4 pot. He hesitates and min raises. From watching him, I know he makes this move when he's on a draw or has a couple of overs to the board. Plus, he knows I am a pretty consistent CB-er, so I push, he calls with A7 and rivers a 6. Pretty sick. But, that's poker.