There is probably no more frustrating situation in poker than to have your opponent(s) totally dominated, yet lose to them when they hit a 2 or 3 outer. I absolutely love it when my shove with AK is called by A/7 off. What? A seven on the river? Nice catch sir. KQ vs. QJ, no problem for the villain to catch a jack to finish you off. But I digress. Yet again. To illustrate that it is possible however for even me to get lucky in these situations, I will tell you about a couple of hands yesterday online.
First hand of tournament (CardPlayer.com) for a seat in a $1000 cash tournament final. There are 88 players. I am on the button with....8/8. Some kind of omen, huh? Sure enough, some donk shoves, followed by another. Hmmm. 8's probably no good here, but signs are signs. I call for all my chips. Whoa, yet another player shoves. Hey, this hand is no good. Cards revealed, A/10, K/J, Q/3. O.K., only every overcard in the deck except for the 9. Flop comes with 2 spades, jack high. Not good. Turn an ace...of spades. Really bad, except for one thing....I have the only spade. Gin/Yahtzee/...etc., spade on the river. I become the early tournament chip leader with over 4,000. Would like to say it had a happy ending, but despite cracking kings with my J/9 (flop J/2/3), turn 3, river J., I ended up 8th in tournament with only 4 moving on. It hurt that I sat out for nearly an hour while taking the dog to the beach. But, hey, at least I hit my 3 outer!!!! Congratulations luckbox boy.
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There's a reason I prefer cats - LOL. Shouldn't you finish the tournament BEFORE you take Milo to the beach? Silly.
2 and 3 outers are the bane of my existence. However, all of us are certainly glad when we are on the winning end. Nice job with 88. Definitely a good omen to play it with 88 players left. Wish you could have made it to the final.
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