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ssbn743
Visionary
Silver Level
The game is a $100 NL hold ‘em tournament game with two $100 rebuys each for 10K chips. If you activate the rebuys before the first hand you get a 10K bonus – so I started with 40K as I do every Sunday at my local card room.
The tournament was going really well – I’m a very tight and patient player and it payed off on this day. I was getting cards like crazy and had increased my stack to 150K within the first 2.5 hours and after winning several all-in pots.
I got moved to a table with several local professionals that I play all the time. I’m not a professional and enjoy my day job – nonetheless, these guys know me and I know them. One player in particular has recently come into the scene and while he has some skills, I feel he is too loose and for lack of a better term, an idiot. He ends up winning the hand I am about to describe and as a result has my head so tied up I’ve been having virtual nightmares for a week now!
The blinds are 3K and 6K with no ante. I’m UTG +1 and find 5c 5s. The UTG player (very tight and predicable) raises to 13K – an extremely weak and nearly transparent bet, I thought he had AK immediately and as it turns out, I was right. I smooth call with my fives, and the cutoff moves all-in for 35K and change.
The player that I described above smooth calls the all-in from the button and so does the AK from UTG. I see this all the time online and even in some lower limit live games – but this is one of the biggest games in Colorado and it typically attracts better players. I’m thinking "not in my casino are you going to smooth call an all-in from the button with two players to act behind you, one of whom raised from UTG and the other who smooth called from UTG +1."
However, let’s take some time to explain my thought process here. I’m nearly positive of the AK from UTG and what did the cutoff push with – a big ace almost certainly. The button calls with what has to be a pocket pair right? In fact I said in my head 77. So I’m salivating over this pot, there is 127-130K in the pot and I have two big aces stealing each other’s outs. I started with hand with around 150K, so this is maybe the most attractive pot I have seen in a number of weeks. If only I can get the 77 to fold because I’m nearly certain I can get the AK to fold; so I push all-in!
I’m instantly called from the button and the AK mucks showing AK. The cutoff seat shows AJ and as it turns out the button had 66 and took 140K of my 150K stack and a huge pot when no Ace, Jack, or Five fell; WTF? Did I just get schooled by this guy, or is he just an fning idiot? That is the question that has my head all tied up in knots and I can’t quite figure it out. I know which way I’m leaning (idiot) – but’s that’s also a tendency I’m trying to avoid and would like another educated opinion.
Any thoughts?
Josh
The tournament was going really well – I’m a very tight and patient player and it payed off on this day. I was getting cards like crazy and had increased my stack to 150K within the first 2.5 hours and after winning several all-in pots.
I got moved to a table with several local professionals that I play all the time. I’m not a professional and enjoy my day job – nonetheless, these guys know me and I know them. One player in particular has recently come into the scene and while he has some skills, I feel he is too loose and for lack of a better term, an idiot. He ends up winning the hand I am about to describe and as a result has my head so tied up I’ve been having virtual nightmares for a week now!
The blinds are 3K and 6K with no ante. I’m UTG +1 and find 5c 5s. The UTG player (very tight and predicable) raises to 13K – an extremely weak and nearly transparent bet, I thought he had AK immediately and as it turns out, I was right. I smooth call with my fives, and the cutoff moves all-in for 35K and change.
The player that I described above smooth calls the all-in from the button and so does the AK from UTG. I see this all the time online and even in some lower limit live games – but this is one of the biggest games in Colorado and it typically attracts better players. I’m thinking "not in my casino are you going to smooth call an all-in from the button with two players to act behind you, one of whom raised from UTG and the other who smooth called from UTG +1."
However, let’s take some time to explain my thought process here. I’m nearly positive of the AK from UTG and what did the cutoff push with – a big ace almost certainly. The button calls with what has to be a pocket pair right? In fact I said in my head 77. So I’m salivating over this pot, there is 127-130K in the pot and I have two big aces stealing each other’s outs. I started with hand with around 150K, so this is maybe the most attractive pot I have seen in a number of weeks. If only I can get the 77 to fold because I’m nearly certain I can get the AK to fold; so I push all-in!
I’m instantly called from the button and the AK mucks showing AK. The cutoff seat shows AJ and as it turns out the button had 66 and took 140K of my 150K stack and a huge pot when no Ace, Jack, or Five fell; WTF? Did I just get schooled by this guy, or is he just an fning idiot? That is the question that has my head all tied up in knots and I can’t quite figure it out. I know which way I’m leaning (idiot) – but’s that’s also a tendency I’m trying to avoid and would like another educated opinion.
Any thoughts?
Josh