I like to think that I usually, and that is a big usually, get my money in good. For me, that means entering a coin flip situation with the pair, rather than with the over-cards. On Friday night I was not running too well. I won one nice pot with a turned aces up. The person driving the betting reminded me of Jabba the Hutt on Star Wars. He had a sneer on his face as he kept winning pots with massive bluffs. He played virtually every hand, usually raising with some real crap...think K/3 offsuit, with which he rivered a straight, naturally using the 3. He was able to get away from his hand when I bet big on the turn due to two flush draws on the board. Opportunity missed as I believe he would have donked off more chips to me if I had checked.
Down to 2 tables, and 13 players, I was short stacked with a little more than 5 big blinds when I picked up 8/8 in early position. Easy shove decision. The big blind, a shorter stack, called with A/Q. A queen showed up on the river to put me down to 1-1/2 blinds. With most of my chips in the pot with the BB, the small blind raised me all-in with A/6 vs. my J/5 suited. I called. He hit a six on the flop, an ace on the turn, and rivered another ace for the high hand of the night. Player down. I did not get them all in with the best hand, but was only a 60/40 dog. I watched another short stack shove the hand before with 4/4 and triple up when her callers failed to pair. This game is unfair at times.
The big bluffing player? Glad you asked. He redrew a seat on my table when we broke the third table. He was one of the first out despite his big stack. Han Solo would be proud.
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