CKALLDAY
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I’m sure I’ve busted first hand online but one of my most memorable moments happened on the first hand of a live tournament I played.
It was a $60 buy in with roughly 100 players.
The first hand of the tournament I was dealer and we actually shuffled the deck ourselves. After having shuffled the deck, I started distributing the cards when someone noticed that I hadn’t asked the player to my right to cut the deck.
As a result, I had to reshuffle and have the player next to me cut the deck before we actually got our hands. To those of you who wouldn’t understand why, it’s simply to prevent the dealer, who actually has a stake in the game, from cheating and potentially rigging the deck.
Well, after having gone the legitimate route, I look down at my first hand of the tournament and see AA. This was over 10 years ago, so the situation is a little fuzzy now, but basically there was a limp In middle and I raised roughly 3 times the blind on the button to one caller.
The flop came 234. We somehow manage to end up all in on the flop with him being the caller after raise and re-raising and he turns over T6. The turn was a blank and the river was a 5, connecting for both of our straights.
Everyone was fairly silent and shocked at what had just transpired considering the shuffling controversy that had happened prior to the hand.
I never understood his call but when I look at it years later it’s not “terrible”, I suppose but it was very unique for a first hand in a live tournament, with blinds being so small.
It was a $60 buy in with roughly 100 players.
The first hand of the tournament I was dealer and we actually shuffled the deck ourselves. After having shuffled the deck, I started distributing the cards when someone noticed that I hadn’t asked the player to my right to cut the deck.
As a result, I had to reshuffle and have the player next to me cut the deck before we actually got our hands. To those of you who wouldn’t understand why, it’s simply to prevent the dealer, who actually has a stake in the game, from cheating and potentially rigging the deck.
Well, after having gone the legitimate route, I look down at my first hand of the tournament and see AA. This was over 10 years ago, so the situation is a little fuzzy now, but basically there was a limp In middle and I raised roughly 3 times the blind on the button to one caller.
The flop came 234. We somehow manage to end up all in on the flop with him being the caller after raise and re-raising and he turns over T6. The turn was a blank and the river was a 5, connecting for both of our straights.
Everyone was fairly silent and shocked at what had just transpired considering the shuffling controversy that had happened prior to the hand.
I never understood his call but when I look at it years later it’s not “terrible”, I suppose but it was very unique for a first hand in a live tournament, with blinds being so small.
