I Just Can`t Decide . . .
I just can`t decide wether I made a monumental error or wether I made the right play and was a little unlucky. On Friday night the first of this months K9 Money Tour events was played at PitBull Poker. Early on I had good cards with bad flops and it looked like I was on for an early exit.
Fortunately I was able to hit hands at just the right times and although I was down to 400 or so chips on three occasions I managed to claw my way through the field. I had some real luck doing so, all-in with AQ vs KK my opponent made a set on the flop only to have me draw a straight on the river, then my pocket nines cracked pocket jacks when I flopped a set.
So down to four players - top 3 get paid -, 31,500 total chips in the tourney, chip leader has around 21k I have approx 6k, 3rd place has 3.5k and the final player has around 800.The blinds are at 200/400 with a 50 ante. I`m in the BB dealt 4-6os, UTG, the chip leader flat calls and the other 2 players fold. The flop comes As 4d 4s, giving me a lovely set of fours. The chip leader has been playing very tight but stealing (at least I presume they were steals) when the smaller stacks have shown weakness, so I decide to go for the check-raise. Sure enough he bets 1k, and I slam all-in over the top, intending to take the pot there and then. I thought if he had the ace I would get a call and if not I win a nice chunk of change.
So there`s 2k in the pot and after calling his bet it`s a raise of 4 - 4.5k. He calls and turns over Ks 7s and makes his flush on the river sending me out on the bubble. I was pretty surprised he called given his hand and the way he`d been playing. He just wasn`t taking those kind of risks and my all-in check raise surely denoted huge strength. Ok I`d been lucky on a few occasions but all the hands I turned over were decent.
So back to the title of this post. I just can`t decide wether firstly I played the hand correctly . . . could I have gotten away from it? And should I have erred on the side of caution until the bubble burst?
Part of me says I played it well and I did the right thing going for a chance to win the whole game. The other part is saying "you dumbass, you would have made the money for sure if you`d hung on for a circuit or two more"
Comments welcome.
Fortunately I was able to hit hands at just the right times and although I was down to 400 or so chips on three occasions I managed to claw my way through the field. I had some real luck doing so, all-in with AQ vs KK my opponent made a set on the flop only to have me draw a straight on the river, then my pocket nines cracked pocket jacks when I flopped a set.
So down to four players - top 3 get paid -, 31,500 total chips in the tourney, chip leader has around 21k I have approx 6k, 3rd place has 3.5k and the final player has around 800.The blinds are at 200/400 with a 50 ante. I`m in the BB dealt 4-6os, UTG, the chip leader flat calls and the other 2 players fold. The flop comes As 4d 4s, giving me a lovely set of fours. The chip leader has been playing very tight but stealing (at least I presume they were steals) when the smaller stacks have shown weakness, so I decide to go for the check-raise. Sure enough he bets 1k, and I slam all-in over the top, intending to take the pot there and then. I thought if he had the ace I would get a call and if not I win a nice chunk of change.
So there`s 2k in the pot and after calling his bet it`s a raise of 4 - 4.5k. He calls and turns over Ks 7s and makes his flush on the river sending me out on the bubble. I was pretty surprised he called given his hand and the way he`d been playing. He just wasn`t taking those kind of risks and my all-in check raise surely denoted huge strength. Ok I`d been lucky on a few occasions but all the hands I turned over were decent.
So back to the title of this post. I just can`t decide wether firstly I played the hand correctly . . . could I have gotten away from it? And should I have erred on the side of caution until the bubble burst?
Part of me says I played it well and I did the right thing going for a chance to win the whole game. The other part is saying "you dumbass, you would have made the money for sure if you`d hung on for a circuit or two more"
Comments welcome.
posted by DangerMouse at 5:18 AM
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