Rollercoaster Ride
I`ve already detailed my HORSE and 7 card stud results below but I ended up playing a couple more games at Poker.com. First up was a $5+50 buy-in $1k GTD only 182 entrys. I sat back expecting to wait but QQ popped up whilst I was in the bb. With 5 limpers I raised from 10 to 75 and got 3 callers. The flop was 9-x-5 rainbow. I`m first to act and put a pot sized 350 chip bet in. I get one caller. turn is a 6. I don`t think my opponent has a set. maybe A-9 or 10-10 J-J. He calls and flips over 7-8 os. Yes this is another Murry Moment, this guy had about 1200 chips when he called that 350 with nothing more than a gutshot draw. I was out the following hand trying to double up with 66. Ran into AK and AQ, Q hit . . . go figure. Exit stage left for a disbelieving mouse.
I was going to call it quits but saw Blue Lizard Lounge had a $50 added $5+50 buy-in. Field of fifteen, money added, that`s my kinda game. I started well and was up whilst short-handed at 7. The final table saw me drop, climb back up and then almost plummet to the rail.
I picked up AJ, raised 5xbb and picked up the blinds.
Next hand I get AA in the sb. I`m praying for action, specifically I want the aggressive and loose player to raise. I`m chanting at the screen "raise to 600, you know you want to, RAISE!". Miracles do happen, he raises, he raises to 600 too, spooky huh? I consider smooth calling but I don`t want to give him a chance to hit and I raise to 1300. I only have around 600 chips left and he thinks for a while before folding.
Very next hand AQos, a couple of limpers at 200 each, I pop it to 1,000 and bb goes all-in. There`s 4,100 in the pot and it`s a crucial decision for me. If I fold I`m damaged but in ok shape. Call and miss and I`m virtually dead. Of course if I hit I`m in fantastic shape to win.
I call, he has 99 and I get no help. My head started to drop a little but I avoided depression and tilt and clawed my way back to still be in the final five. I took out the aggressive player with KK into his AA. I had him covered by a little but thought I was dead when I saw his hand. Flop was 9-10-J and I was praying for a king or queen. My lucky arrived on 5th street and I was chip leader.
We lost 4th and 5th together so there was no long drawn out bubble battle. It was even with 3 left but the first hand after the break in the bb I`m dealt 4,5os, utg calls and sb completes. The flop comes 7-6-2, I fire out a min bet and utg re-raises min. Sb folds and I re-pop it to 3,600. He calls and the turn is a 9. I push and he thinks before folding. Puts me in a great position and it`s only a couple of hands later we`re HU even stacked.
The HU was back and forth but eventually I had about a 2-1 advantage. My opponent was pushing hard to recover chips and all-in time after time. When I saw K-10 and he pushed again I decided to call, he had KQ and it held up. I ground away for a while but that stupid decision cost me the win. Nice cash for 2nd though I guess.
I was going to call it quits but saw Blue Lizard Lounge had a $50 added $5+50 buy-in. Field of fifteen, money added, that`s my kinda game. I started well and was up whilst short-handed at 7. The final table saw me drop, climb back up and then almost plummet to the rail.
I picked up AJ, raised 5xbb and picked up the blinds.
Next hand I get AA in the sb. I`m praying for action, specifically I want the aggressive and loose player to raise. I`m chanting at the screen "raise to 600, you know you want to, RAISE!". Miracles do happen, he raises, he raises to 600 too, spooky huh? I consider smooth calling but I don`t want to give him a chance to hit and I raise to 1300. I only have around 600 chips left and he thinks for a while before folding.
Very next hand AQos, a couple of limpers at 200 each, I pop it to 1,000 and bb goes all-in. There`s 4,100 in the pot and it`s a crucial decision for me. If I fold I`m damaged but in ok shape. Call and miss and I`m virtually dead. Of course if I hit I`m in fantastic shape to win.
I call, he has 99 and I get no help. My head started to drop a little but I avoided depression and tilt and clawed my way back to still be in the final five. I took out the aggressive player with KK into his AA. I had him covered by a little but thought I was dead when I saw his hand. Flop was 9-10-J and I was praying for a king or queen. My lucky arrived on 5th street and I was chip leader.
We lost 4th and 5th together so there was no long drawn out bubble battle. It was even with 3 left but the first hand after the break in the bb I`m dealt 4,5os, utg calls and sb completes. The flop comes 7-6-2, I fire out a min bet and utg re-raises min. Sb folds and I re-pop it to 3,600. He calls and the turn is a 9. I push and he thinks before folding. Puts me in a great position and it`s only a couple of hands later we`re HU even stacked.
The HU was back and forth but eventually I had about a 2-1 advantage. My opponent was pushing hard to recover chips and all-in time after time. When I saw K-10 and he pushed again I decided to call, he had KQ and it held up. I ground away for a while but that stupid decision cost me the win. Nice cash for 2nd though I guess.
posted by DangerMouse at 2:09 AM
1 Comments:
WTG Mouse. Hey I entered a 3900 player game last night, had a guy call a pot size bet on flop with Q-8 and a board of J-10-x. The turn was a blank and I bet the pot again, he pushes all-in and the river is a 9. Cost me 2500 of my 5500. Two guys typed in "sick". I replied, it's to funny to even get mad. See you around, keep your tail out of those traps.
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