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DeSelby
Rising Star
Silver Level
Hi Guys
I need you opinions on a play that I made the other day. In hindsight I wish I had called but as they say hindsight is a wonderful thing. i have only been playing live poker since March this year so still learning all the terms etc so bear with me.
I play once a week down the local pub which has a weekly tournament and a league, I participate in both. Recently this hand happened.
I was dealt pocket aces, the blinds at this stage were 2 4 with my stack just below a thousand and what would become my opponents stack at just over a thousand. We all start with a thousand at the start of the night.
I decided as this was the second level of the blinds I would slow play the pocket aces, my turn came to act so I decided to raise.bet to ten, the person directly after me folded the guy after him called and the rest folded.
The flop came J,A,Q at this stage I was more than happy with the flop and for the moment considered that I could not be beat. Trip aces wow I decided to continue with the slow play and this time bet 30. My opponent called the raise. The next card to come basically ruined my good mood. The turn card was a ten. I decided to bet 30, I would have called a small raise but my opponent decided to go all in.
With this move I considered that he had a king making the straight. He had more chips than me, had I called I would have been going home early. If I was just in the weekly tournament that would have been fine but I am also in the league and would have been the first league member out losing valuable points in the league table. I am currently third in the league and wanted to stay as close to that position as possible.
I took a long time to think about what to do how this guy had played previous hands etc and decided he definitely had a king. I asked him if I folded would he show me his hand? He said yes, with that I decided yep he has a king and folded my trip aces. The reaction I got I may as well dropped my trousers in the middle of the pub and shouted look at this!
To cut a long story short most of the pub called me mental, crazy and basically an idiot. They said I should never have no way folded trip aces. OK fair enough in most situations / flops I would agree but with the texture of the board I really thought the guy had a king and had he my fold would probably have been considered a good read.
What I want to know is was I a total idiot? I do actually feel like one and totally regret my move, it wont actually leave my thoughts?
Deselby
I need you opinions on a play that I made the other day. In hindsight I wish I had called but as they say hindsight is a wonderful thing. i have only been playing live poker since March this year so still learning all the terms etc so bear with me.
I play once a week down the local pub which has a weekly tournament and a league, I participate in both. Recently this hand happened.
I was dealt pocket aces, the blinds at this stage were 2 4 with my stack just below a thousand and what would become my opponents stack at just over a thousand. We all start with a thousand at the start of the night.
I decided as this was the second level of the blinds I would slow play the pocket aces, my turn came to act so I decided to raise.bet to ten, the person directly after me folded the guy after him called and the rest folded.
The flop came J,A,Q at this stage I was more than happy with the flop and for the moment considered that I could not be beat. Trip aces wow I decided to continue with the slow play and this time bet 30. My opponent called the raise. The next card to come basically ruined my good mood. The turn card was a ten. I decided to bet 30, I would have called a small raise but my opponent decided to go all in.
With this move I considered that he had a king making the straight. He had more chips than me, had I called I would have been going home early. If I was just in the weekly tournament that would have been fine but I am also in the league and would have been the first league member out losing valuable points in the league table. I am currently third in the league and wanted to stay as close to that position as possible.
I took a long time to think about what to do how this guy had played previous hands etc and decided he definitely had a king. I asked him if I folded would he show me his hand? He said yes, with that I decided yep he has a king and folded my trip aces. The reaction I got I may as well dropped my trousers in the middle of the pub and shouted look at this!
To cut a long story short most of the pub called me mental, crazy and basically an idiot. They said I should never have no way folded trip aces. OK fair enough in most situations / flops I would agree but with the texture of the board I really thought the guy had a king and had he my fold would probably have been considered a good read.
What I want to know is was I a total idiot? I do actually feel like one and totally regret my move, it wont actually leave my thoughts?
Deselby