Ssssssnakes
Enthusiast
Silver Level
First of all: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Here's how it went down:
There were 16 players left with 15 being paid, I was 4th I believe at that time and there was absolutely no reason to do this…..
I had to pee, desperately. So I rushed to the toilet and did what I had to do, but already heard the sound in the background that my hand will be folded in a few seconds. I went back as fast as I could and saw my hand: 8 and 9, both in cross, my position was 2nd after the big blind.
Something in the back of my head told me it was a bad idea and without detour on the toilet, I probably wouldn‘t have done it. Here‘s what I thought:
- Do a simple bet of one BB, that‘ll indicate them your intention and it won‘t kill you if someone challenges you
- The chip stacks on my table were relatively even (1st: ~15k chips, last: ~8k chips; Mine: ~12k chips) and given the painfully high BB of 1,600$ plus 150$ ante (I hate it when the blinds go up every 5 minutes!) even with my stack I would have been gone with no win soon enough
- I knew that with every hand the risk of permanent all-ins would rise and with that the luck aspect while chip stacks won‘t count
- Everyone was afraid to become the bubble boy, which is a chance to gain against the general risk aversion
Within one or two seconds, my decision was made and I went into the pot with one BB.
Everyone folded, just as I had anticipated… the exception being the guy on the BB who had like 3000$ more than me. He called and at that point, I should have realized what he had in mind. Because no matter what, he wouldn‘t finish the tournament with this hand. He‘d still have two BB left and could go on for an entire round until the next BB reaches him.
For me though, if I lose it: Nada, Null, Nothing. Obviously, I didn‘t care for such game theoretic details. I guess, my at that momenta already empty bladder was still messing with my attention and so I didn‘t see his stack, but only what was smiling at me in the flop:
- 8 heart
- 5 diamond
- 2 spade
YEAH, that‘s mine!
If that thought ever pops up in your mind, you immediately have to fold!
Still, I didn‘t care. All that counted for me was that top pair that I hit, while he certainly won‘t give in to the insanity of the risk this hand was loaded with, especially since the only reason for his call was that it was cheap. I‘m not sure what exactly I thought in that moment, but it must have been something deranged like that.
Hoping he didn‘t have QQ or something higher and that he‘d be sensible enough to let go of the idea of going all-in with something weaker, I moved all my chips into the pot.
He didn‘t need more time than I did with his decision and called me with pocket tens.
Oh, crap!
Then came...
- Turn: 4 cross
- Rriver: Ten cross
And that was it, I was out.
The German tournaments bubble depp thrown out with not only pockets, but triplets...
Question is: Would you have done it?
a) my insane bet
b) his insane call
PS: The lesson to learn here is that it makes a lot of sense to use the breaks for going to the toilet.
Here's how it went down:
There were 16 players left with 15 being paid, I was 4th I believe at that time and there was absolutely no reason to do this…..
I had to pee, desperately. So I rushed to the toilet and did what I had to do, but already heard the sound in the background that my hand will be folded in a few seconds. I went back as fast as I could and saw my hand: 8 and 9, both in cross, my position was 2nd after the big blind.
Something in the back of my head told me it was a bad idea and without detour on the toilet, I probably wouldn‘t have done it. Here‘s what I thought:
- Do a simple bet of one BB, that‘ll indicate them your intention and it won‘t kill you if someone challenges you
- The chip stacks on my table were relatively even (1st: ~15k chips, last: ~8k chips; Mine: ~12k chips) and given the painfully high BB of 1,600$ plus 150$ ante (I hate it when the blinds go up every 5 minutes!) even with my stack I would have been gone with no win soon enough
- I knew that with every hand the risk of permanent all-ins would rise and with that the luck aspect while chip stacks won‘t count
- Everyone was afraid to become the bubble boy, which is a chance to gain against the general risk aversion
Within one or two seconds, my decision was made and I went into the pot with one BB.
Everyone folded, just as I had anticipated… the exception being the guy on the BB who had like 3000$ more than me. He called and at that point, I should have realized what he had in mind. Because no matter what, he wouldn‘t finish the tournament with this hand. He‘d still have two BB left and could go on for an entire round until the next BB reaches him.
For me though, if I lose it: Nada, Null, Nothing. Obviously, I didn‘t care for such game theoretic details. I guess, my at that momenta already empty bladder was still messing with my attention and so I didn‘t see his stack, but only what was smiling at me in the flop:
- 8 heart
- 5 diamond
- 2 spade
YEAH, that‘s mine!
If that thought ever pops up in your mind, you immediately have to fold!
Still, I didn‘t care. All that counted for me was that top pair that I hit, while he certainly won‘t give in to the insanity of the risk this hand was loaded with, especially since the only reason for his call was that it was cheap. I‘m not sure what exactly I thought in that moment, but it must have been something deranged like that.
Hoping he didn‘t have QQ or something higher and that he‘d be sensible enough to let go of the idea of going all-in with something weaker, I moved all my chips into the pot.
He didn‘t need more time than I did with his decision and called me with pocket tens.
Oh, crap!
Then came...
- Turn: 4 cross
- Rriver: Ten cross
And that was it, I was out.
The German tournaments bubble depp thrown out with not only pockets, but triplets...
Question is: Would you have done it?
a) my insane bet
b) his insane call
PS: The lesson to learn here is that it makes a lot of sense to use the breaks for going to the toilet.
