Last night's "adventure in pokerland" included my dealing table 2 as usual. I almost didn't, telling people I had a 30% better chance of cashing by concentrating solely on playing, but on the other hand, a 100% chance of my poker not costing me as much by dealing. Plus, I am coming down with a monster cold. I made a couple of mistakes dealing, including shoving a pot to a player before I dealt the river card (don't laugh, have seen the "professionals" do this several times). Anyway, the all-in player did not improve and was gone.
Had to make a couple of monster laydowns early, including one where I flopped a 5 high straight (playing A/5 spades, flop was 234 with 2 clubs). I bet big, about pot size of 600, with 1100 behind me and got one caller...my nemesis Robert. The turn brought a very bad card for me, a 5, and I bet only $350 (sign of weakness if you are paying attention). Robert then went all-in and I folded face-up. It may have been a chopped pot, but he is known to draw for gutshots. The player next to me had a sour look and said, "I folded 6/7"....he did not draw to a gutshot which would have been very bad for Robert.
Luckily for me, the very next hand I had KK, shoved was called, and recovered a big chunk of my chips, still below starting stack. Then, on the last hand before the break, I ran into trouble. Limping in the hijack with 8/9 of hearts, the flop came Q/8/9 with 2 clubs. The UTG player bet $300 and I re-raised all-in putting him on a flush draw. The button, who I had forgotten was even in the hand, shoved over the top of me. The original bettor tanked, and finally folded, turning over A/8 of clubs. It probably helped him find the fold when the button said "I think we are going to chop". I immediately knew he had 10/J for the flopped straight, and worse, the UTG had one of my outs! So, I was gone (but still had to deal) until the final table formed. I left without collecting my tips. Oh, yeah, the final table was down to 4 players and Robert had a monster stack......
Had to make a couple of monster laydowns early, including one where I flopped a 5 high straight (playing A/5 spades, flop was 234 with 2 clubs). I bet big, about pot size of 600, with 1100 behind me and got one caller...my nemesis Robert. The turn brought a very bad card for me, a 5, and I bet only $350 (sign of weakness if you are paying attention). Robert then went all-in and I folded face-up. It may have been a chopped pot, but he is known to draw for gutshots. The player next to me had a sour look and said, "I folded 6/7"....he did not draw to a gutshot which would have been very bad for Robert.
Luckily for me, the very next hand I had KK, shoved was called, and recovered a big chunk of my chips, still below starting stack. Then, on the last hand before the break, I ran into trouble. Limping in the hijack with 8/9 of hearts, the flop came Q/8/9 with 2 clubs. The UTG player bet $300 and I re-raised all-in putting him on a flush draw. The button, who I had forgotten was even in the hand, shoved over the top of me. The original bettor tanked, and finally folded, turning over A/8 of clubs. It probably helped him find the fold when the button said "I think we are going to chop". I immediately knew he had 10/J for the flopped straight, and worse, the UTG had one of my outs! So, I was gone (but still had to deal) until the final table formed. I left without collecting my tips. Oh, yeah, the final table was down to 4 players and Robert had a monster stack......
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