I will have to admit to being a luck box last night. Getting it in bad on multiple occasions I was indeed fortunate to make the final table. It seemed like all night long the best hand would get crushed on the river. Here are some examples:
Playing the 6/8 in the un-raised big blind, the turn card put these out: 2/3/4/5 with 2 clubs. It gets bet by the small blind. I call. The turn is a king (clubs), and the small blind bets bigger. I call. He turns over the A/x of clubs. Unreal. He made the dumb end of the straight on the turn but his flush draw would not have folded (he claimed) had I raised...which I thought briefly of doing.
The first hour was a virtual bloodbath on my table, with huge pots and big swings in chip stacks. The very good player to my left got spanked twice with his pocket jacks, then I took a huge pot from him with my flopped set of 3's vs. his J/10 two pair. I ended up knocking him out when I shoved my J/8 (yes j/8) into his AK on a button vs. small blind (what the heck was I thinking?). I managed to river a straight....worst hand wins.
At the final table I was in the money with 6 players remaining and short stacked. I saw J/9 of diamonds UTG and shoved my 4 or 5 Big blinds. The player to my left shoved his big stack and I knew I was in trouble. Yep, aces. Oh well. The dealer seemed to delight in bringing the river card to bail out the worst hand and he did so with a straight for me. Now doubled up I again got it in bad with QJ vs. A/7 suited. Not a problem as the turn gave me an open-ender and the river brought the ace for my broadway straight.
As they say, what goes around comes around and my turn was definitely coming. A player had just eliminated someone by rivering an ace on her AJ vs. 7/7 so when I shoved from the button with KQ and 10,000 in chips (blinds at 1/2,000), she "naturally" called with 7/10 of clubs. The turn brought a gutshot straight draw on top of a flopped flush draw and the river was a club of course. Worst hand wins poker at its finest.
Overall I have no reason to complain as I cashed for $90 plus dealer money from table 4 and like I said, got lucky with the worst hand several times.
Playing the 6/8 in the un-raised big blind, the turn card put these out: 2/3/4/5 with 2 clubs. It gets bet by the small blind. I call. The turn is a king (clubs), and the small blind bets bigger. I call. He turns over the A/x of clubs. Unreal. He made the dumb end of the straight on the turn but his flush draw would not have folded (he claimed) had I raised...which I thought briefly of doing.
The first hour was a virtual bloodbath on my table, with huge pots and big swings in chip stacks. The very good player to my left got spanked twice with his pocket jacks, then I took a huge pot from him with my flopped set of 3's vs. his J/10 two pair. I ended up knocking him out when I shoved my J/8 (yes j/8) into his AK on a button vs. small blind (what the heck was I thinking?). I managed to river a straight....worst hand wins.
At the final table I was in the money with 6 players remaining and short stacked. I saw J/9 of diamonds UTG and shoved my 4 or 5 Big blinds. The player to my left shoved his big stack and I knew I was in trouble. Yep, aces. Oh well. The dealer seemed to delight in bringing the river card to bail out the worst hand and he did so with a straight for me. Now doubled up I again got it in bad with QJ vs. A/7 suited. Not a problem as the turn gave me an open-ender and the river brought the ace for my broadway straight.
As they say, what goes around comes around and my turn was definitely coming. A player had just eliminated someone by rivering an ace on her AJ vs. 7/7 so when I shoved from the button with KQ and 10,000 in chips (blinds at 1/2,000), she "naturally" called with 7/10 of clubs. The turn brought a gutshot straight draw on top of a flopped flush draw and the river was a club of course. Worst hand wins poker at its finest.
Overall I have no reason to complain as I cashed for $90 plus dealer money from table 4 and like I said, got lucky with the worst hand several times.
1 comment:
Well, by golly, it's about time YOU got lucky right? It's so hard to be patient and play (usually) right and see everyone else get lucky with crap. Good deal making some money too.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday. :)
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