Qwikls1
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Me:
A hand where there is:
1) No way to get away from it, at any point.
2) No reason you can think you have the worst of it, until the cards are shown.
I have a couple that come to mind. One happened online at a freeroll tourney, one happened live.
Hand #1:
A couple years ago, I was playing in a freeroll tourney that was a qualifier for a 3000 entry wsop freeroll. All you had to do was finish in the top 50 to get a seat in the 3000 seat weekly tourney, where they give away 16 seats.
I'm dealt Q8 of diams in the big blind. At this point I have about the average chip stack. There are about 85 players left, and I don't think I can fold my way to a qualify. Blinds are around 20K and 40K. My table is a little short handed (maybe 7 players) and I get one caller (under the gun). I smiled a little when the flop came Q 8 3, all different suits.
I bet 100K in chips (about 1/4th of my stack). Guy that called under the gun raises 100K. I re raise him another 100K, he goes all in (he had me covered). I call (figuring at this point he has a set) and he shows me AQ.
Turn comes an A and i'm out just that quick.
Hand #2:
Live $3-$6 game in Laughlin, NV. I have 66 in a game with 5 players. I'm the second player in the pot outside of the blinds.
Flop comes A 10 2. Everyone checks.
Turn card is a 6. Guy to my right bets $6. I raise to $12, he pops me back to $18. At this point the fact that he "might" have pocket aces or pocket 10's dawns on me, but i'm more likely putting him on A10 or A2. I just call, playing it safe.
River pairs the board with a deuce. He bets really fast. One of those bets where I can tell he's begging me to raise. I flat call and he shows me pocket deuces.
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I gathered up my chips and leave the table as quickly and quietly as I could. No way you can play right after a beat like that in a live game. Maybe I could do it online, but not at a live game.
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Anyone have any good cooler stories? Either victim or otherwise?
Matt
A hand where there is:
1) No way to get away from it, at any point.
2) No reason you can think you have the worst of it, until the cards are shown.
I have a couple that come to mind. One happened online at a freeroll tourney, one happened live.
Hand #1:
A couple years ago, I was playing in a freeroll tourney that was a qualifier for a 3000 entry wsop freeroll. All you had to do was finish in the top 50 to get a seat in the 3000 seat weekly tourney, where they give away 16 seats.
I'm dealt Q8 of diams in the big blind. At this point I have about the average chip stack. There are about 85 players left, and I don't think I can fold my way to a qualify. Blinds are around 20K and 40K. My table is a little short handed (maybe 7 players) and I get one caller (under the gun). I smiled a little when the flop came Q 8 3, all different suits.
I bet 100K in chips (about 1/4th of my stack). Guy that called under the gun raises 100K. I re raise him another 100K, he goes all in (he had me covered). I call (figuring at this point he has a set) and he shows me AQ.
Turn comes an A and i'm out just that quick.
Hand #2:
Live $3-$6 game in Laughlin, NV. I have 66 in a game with 5 players. I'm the second player in the pot outside of the blinds.
Flop comes A 10 2. Everyone checks.
Turn card is a 6. Guy to my right bets $6. I raise to $12, he pops me back to $18. At this point the fact that he "might" have pocket aces or pocket 10's dawns on me, but i'm more likely putting him on A10 or A2. I just call, playing it safe.
River pairs the board with a deuce. He bets really fast. One of those bets where I can tell he's begging me to raise. I flat call and he shows me pocket deuces.
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I gathered up my chips and leave the table as quickly and quietly as I could. No way you can play right after a beat like that in a live game. Maybe I could do it online, but not at a live game.
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Anyone have any good cooler stories? Either victim or otherwise?
Matt