Bodonkey
This one had an interesting start this week. Can you spot the mistake?
Did you see it? The tourney had been set up to have 60 minute levels but we were getting a break every 15 minutes. I like deepstack with long levels but that would have been ridiculous. Abort one tourney lol.
Fortunately Bodog were able to sort it out by re-scheduling the game. Most of us re signed up and away we went. I started off ok picking up a lot of blinds with small raises but then went completely card dead. I was getting pretty short-stacked but decided to limp in with 10-Js. No raises and the flop came 10-9-2. I fired a bet of about half the pot and was re-raised by Kajagugu. I went into the tank for a while and then called. The turn was a K and I pushed all-in realising that I couldn`t call a bet. Kajagugu enquired in chat Q-J? and I remained silent until he folded. I then said nope and flipped over my cards. It was the best hand I played all-night. As semi-bluffs go I think it was pretty solid play. It wasn`t unreasonable for me to bet a draw and the time I took thinking over calling the re-raise probably added authenticity.
That single hand gave me a lot more confidence for the rest of the game. I should point out that some of these bloggers are damn good players and at the moment my NLHE game is way off par. That`s probably because I`m not really playing it much, I`ve been playing HORSE, Razz and Om8 instead.
I made final table and finished 8th after making what was probably the worst play I`ve ever made at a NLHE table. With 9-9 in the BB I was praying for a cheap flop. Smokkee was the only player in the hand and he made a minimum raise from the button. I assumed he was stealing and for some reason I still can`t fathom I pushed all-in. He insta called and of course had A-A. No miracle card for me and all that remained was for me to say good game and good luck, see y`all next week.
It was such an idiotic play. I could have called and seen a flop, or even re-raised a little to find out where I was. I had around 5k in chips and was pretty comfortable.
A momentary lapse of reason, tiredness, a rush of blood to the head. Whatever excuse I might like to attribute it too it was just dumb. The only bright side to the situation is that I had at least won my buy-in back by that stage.
Did you see it? The tourney had been set up to have 60 minute levels but we were getting a break every 15 minutes. I like deepstack with long levels but that would have been ridiculous. Abort one tourney lol.
Fortunately Bodog were able to sort it out by re-scheduling the game. Most of us re signed up and away we went. I started off ok picking up a lot of blinds with small raises but then went completely card dead. I was getting pretty short-stacked but decided to limp in with 10-Js. No raises and the flop came 10-9-2. I fired a bet of about half the pot and was re-raised by Kajagugu. I went into the tank for a while and then called. The turn was a K and I pushed all-in realising that I couldn`t call a bet. Kajagugu enquired in chat Q-J? and I remained silent until he folded. I then said nope and flipped over my cards. It was the best hand I played all-night. As semi-bluffs go I think it was pretty solid play. It wasn`t unreasonable for me to bet a draw and the time I took thinking over calling the re-raise probably added authenticity.
That single hand gave me a lot more confidence for the rest of the game. I should point out that some of these bloggers are damn good players and at the moment my NLHE game is way off par. That`s probably because I`m not really playing it much, I`ve been playing HORSE, Razz and Om8 instead.
I made final table and finished 8th after making what was probably the worst play I`ve ever made at a NLHE table. With 9-9 in the BB I was praying for a cheap flop. Smokkee was the only player in the hand and he made a minimum raise from the button. I assumed he was stealing and for some reason I still can`t fathom I pushed all-in. He insta called and of course had A-A. No miracle card for me and all that remained was for me to say good game and good luck, see y`all next week.
It was such an idiotic play. I could have called and seen a flop, or even re-raised a little to find out where I was. I had around 5k in chips and was pretty comfortable.
A momentary lapse of reason, tiredness, a rush of blood to the head. Whatever excuse I might like to attribute it too it was just dumb. The only bright side to the situation is that I had at least won my buy-in back by that stage.
posted by DangerMouse at 1:06 AM
1 Comments:
thx for playin'. watch out for those minraises from the SB.
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