So, let me begin by saying I have been sleeping poorly, going to bed late and waking early. Driving to Richland yesterday to play in the deepstack that I usually crush, had the distinct feeling that I should drive back to the house and go to bed. Should have listened to that inner voice, as I was heading back there soon enough.
Winning a couple of hands and losing a couple at the first blind level, I was slightly over starting chip stack of 10K. Getting pocket kings 2 under the gun with a limper, I raised to $350 at 2nd blind level. With multiple callers and out of position I was happy to see the flop...J/8/5 with 2 clubs. This is a flop that is good news for kings as it is possible to get action while having probably the best hand. I bet out $800 and was raised to $2100 by "Al" in middle position. His raise was called by the big blind and I immediately put Al on AJ and the other player on a flush draw. That would make sense, so I called.
The turn was a queen, and I checked. Al bet another 2100. He was getting short of chips having lost a couple of hands and it made sense to me that he would not pot committ but still want to protect his hand. The other player called (loose call???), so I called too as the pot now was over 11,000.
The river brought another queen, which I thought was a great card for me as it would counterfeit and random 2 pair hands that had snuck in, and did not stand to improve anyone's hand. WRONG!!! This is where I got dumb and dumber. Al shoves, the other player shoves, and I shove, believing that I had both players covered. Definitely should have slowed down, asked for chip counts and thought for a few minutes.
We turn over our hands: AL has J/J for a full house, the other player has Q/10 for a gutshot straight draw that turned into trips by runner/runner. The other player has me covered and I am the first player out of the tournament. Like I say, dumb, dumber, and dumbest.
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I thought about this hand some more after we chatted. I think you should have re-raised Al's first 2100. This might have gotten the stupid gut shot to fold and Al might have just moved all-in. You would still have had chips. Oh well. We've all done this. I got dumb, dumber and dumbest with AA yesterday. Gak!
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