It`s Hammer Time!
Now I have been known to drop the hammer (7-2 for those who don`t know) every now and again although I certainly don`t play it every time I get it. In actual fact the only reason I played it this time was because I was allowed to. In fact this post could just as easily be called "How NOT To Play KK".
I had an e-mail earlier informing me of a $3,000 added tourney, entry fee $2.25 over at Sun Poker. Even after finding out the levels were 6 minutes I decided to have a go. There were 1800 players and the top 500 were paid a minimum of $6.61, 1st place was worth nearly $600 a pretty good deal all-in-all.
Anyway I digress . . .The tourney had been going a while, blinds were rocketing up and I was getting pretty short-stacked. I was in the BB and dealt 7-2os so I`m just praying to see a free flop and with one limper from mid position and the SB completeing I get my wish. The flop comes 7-6-5, SB checks as do I and the other player makes a minimum bet, SB folds and without much hesitation I push all-in. I have my opponent on a rag ace that may have paired the board but hopefully not the 7, or maybe KQ - KJ. To say I`m surprised when he turns over KK is an understatement. I`m getting ready to say nh when the turn brings a lovely duck, the river is no help and my opponent leaves the table and is probably on his way to his favourite forum to berate my donkey play or cry over how unlucky he was.
Well if he did I have no sympathy whatsoever, the fact is he played the hand about as badly as anyone could. A minimum raise would have made me fold pre-flop. A big raise post flop might have made me fold, but he never appeared anything but weak. Was I lucky? Hell yes, but he gave me the chance to get lucky.
I had an e-mail earlier informing me of a $3,000 added tourney, entry fee $2.25 over at Sun Poker. Even after finding out the levels were 6 minutes I decided to have a go. There were 1800 players and the top 500 were paid a minimum of $6.61, 1st place was worth nearly $600 a pretty good deal all-in-all.
Anyway I digress . . .The tourney had been going a while, blinds were rocketing up and I was getting pretty short-stacked. I was in the BB and dealt 7-2os so I`m just praying to see a free flop and with one limper from mid position and the SB completeing I get my wish. The flop comes 7-6-5, SB checks as do I and the other player makes a minimum bet, SB folds and without much hesitation I push all-in. I have my opponent on a rag ace that may have paired the board but hopefully not the 7, or maybe KQ - KJ. To say I`m surprised when he turns over KK is an understatement. I`m getting ready to say nh when the turn brings a lovely duck, the river is no help and my opponent leaves the table and is probably on his way to his favourite forum to berate my donkey play or cry over how unlucky he was.
Well if he did I have no sympathy whatsoever, the fact is he played the hand about as badly as anyone could. A minimum raise would have made me fold pre-flop. A big raise post flop might have made me fold, but he never appeared anything but weak. Was I lucky? Hell yes, but he gave me the chance to get lucky.
posted by DangerMouse at 1:08 AM
3 Comments:
Hey great 72 play there hun. I always knew you were a cheeky mouse. No seriously that was a great play and move by you. Hope you don't do it against me at anytime soon.
Great Blog hun I love reading it.
Jo xxx
Your play was proper. No way you can expect him to have a hand, so you had to think top pair was good.
That's why you raise good hands.
He played his hand very poorly..you done nothing wrong at all .
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