There were a heck of a lot of players at the morning tournament today. 41 to be exact, so the payouts extended to 5 places. I was running my usual card dead self and got to watch, but not participate in the following hand:
A short stack, good player limped under the gun with K/K. Another player limped with 7/7. With another limper, this dude decides to limp with his 9/2 offsuit. The flop is: 7/9/2. The kings shove about 900, the set of 7's raise all-in, and the 9/2 calls for all of his chips. The turn is a brick, and the river brings another 9. Players down. Sick. He hit his 3 outer and triples up and eventually heads to the final table where he may have won the whole thing.
I cannot fault the kings, as he probably gets nothing if he shoves preflop, but I think a small raise would have been called for to clear out the total junk. If the 7's had raised, or re-raised the short stack preflop, then the 7's would have won a smaller pot, but still eliminated the kings.
My last hand was UTG with J/J. With only 1100 in chips and blinds @ 200/400, I shoved and am called by the small and big blinds. Flop has 2 hearts, including the jack of hearts. Nice start. Turn is another heart, but it is check checked. River has yet another heart and it is checked again. Winner? No, the small blind has J/Q with the Q of hearts. Nice hand sir. Could not have played it any different with different results. If I limp, then the J/Q definetely calls my flop shove with top pair and queen kicker. Some hands are just born to lose.
Playing in the cash game for a few hours I get stuck $160. Lots of great hands, tons of suited connectors, pairs, big cards, but almost no connections on the flop. Those are the type of days that kill you.
A short stack, good player limped under the gun with K/K. Another player limped with 7/7. With another limper, this dude decides to limp with his 9/2 offsuit. The flop is: 7/9/2. The kings shove about 900, the set of 7's raise all-in, and the 9/2 calls for all of his chips. The turn is a brick, and the river brings another 9. Players down. Sick. He hit his 3 outer and triples up and eventually heads to the final table where he may have won the whole thing.
I cannot fault the kings, as he probably gets nothing if he shoves preflop, but I think a small raise would have been called for to clear out the total junk. If the 7's had raised, or re-raised the short stack preflop, then the 7's would have won a smaller pot, but still eliminated the kings.
My last hand was UTG with J/J. With only 1100 in chips and blinds @ 200/400, I shoved and am called by the small and big blinds. Flop has 2 hearts, including the jack of hearts. Nice start. Turn is another heart, but it is check checked. River has yet another heart and it is checked again. Winner? No, the small blind has J/Q with the Q of hearts. Nice hand sir. Could not have played it any different with different results. If I limp, then the J/Q definetely calls my flop shove with top pair and queen kicker. Some hands are just born to lose.
Playing in the cash game for a few hours I get stuck $160. Lots of great hands, tons of suited connectors, pairs, big cards, but almost no connections on the flop. Those are the type of days that kill you.
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