Thursday, July 14, 2005

ouch! first two hands of a tourny

I love playing SNGs, and have been making nice money playing them.
But I also like the larger tournaments and the big potential payouts.

I logged into a $5 tournament on Paradise.
First hand, I was thrilled to see JJ on the button. 3 players limped for 20, I raised to 85. The blinds folded, as did one limper and three of us took the flop, Q, 7, 2, with two hearts. Action checked to me, I bet 1/2 the pot, and one player called. I did not hold the jack of hearts.
There was now 600 in the pot.
The turn was a heart; he bet 150. I made a crying (probably bad) call.
The river was a blank, he bet 200, I called (not a great call, that's for sure), and he showed J9, suited in hearts for the flush.

Next hand, I am the cutoff. I still have just over 900 chips from my starting stack of 1500, and am dealt Kings. Two limpers, and I raise to 85. The big blind re-raises to 170 (doubling my bet), everyone folds, and the action is on me. I go all-in. My thinking: I wouldn't mind picking up this pot right now, and if he calls, I am a huge favorite over any hand but pocket rockets.
He called and showed 33.
The flop was J, 6, 4.
The turn was a 7.
He rivered a 5 to make a straight and knock me out.

It's poker. I was dealt two great starting hands -- on the first two hands of the tournament -- and lost them both. Both were huge pre-flop favorites. The first hand I could have played better after the flop; the second, well, it happens. Oh well.

1 Comments:

At 7:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ha, nice to know I'm not the onl one getting a lot of bad beats.

 

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