The Monday morning Moose tournament is interesting because it has a $100 bounty on the casino employee playing in it. Last Monday, Roland, the poker room manager was "it". I was running entirely card dead, not playing a single hand other than a couple of limp/folds when Roland, who had taken a substantial hit, decided to push all-in with his AQ. With $100 on the line, he got 5 callers, including me in the big blind with my Q/7 of clubs. The flop was ace high with one club and a 7. O.K, but not great and with this many callers figured someone would bet. Nope. Checked around. The turn was a great card for me, another club, giving me flush draw. Everyone checked around to a lady who declared all-in, and shoved enough chips to cover my call. The river failed to produce a club and I was gone, while her 2/3 offsuit won the pot plus the bounty.
I don't regret making the call, as I was getting great odds on my draw, both in tournament chips and 4/1 on my $25 buy-in. What I do regret was not pushing on the flop when I hit my 7 which should have elicited a fold from her. Roland would then have won the pot but I would have only lost about 1/4 of my chips and he would still be in the tournament for me to knock out later. Moving to the cash game I played for 1 1/2 hours without raking a pot. Not a good day of poker.
I don't regret making the call, as I was getting great odds on my draw, both in tournament chips and 4/1 on my $25 buy-in. What I do regret was not pushing on the flop when I hit my 7 which should have elicited a fold from her. Roland would then have won the pot but I would have only lost about 1/4 of my chips and he would still be in the tournament for me to knock out later. Moving to the cash game I played for 1 1/2 hours without raking a pot. Not a good day of poker.
1 comment:
I can't argue with your pot odds on calling. However, I think that with only one card to come it was probably best to fold. I agree that you should have pushed on the flop. I simply try to forget that I'm playing in a bounty tournament because it makes me continue to play the way I'm supposed to. As always, hindsight is a wonderful thing. Maybe you will do something different next time and get the chips and the bounty.
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