1. 2008-06-06 00:44:40

   Another Game, Another Win

   I'm allowed to sound cocky for 3 in a row, right? If not, sorry :p Let's get right into it...

   Setup

   We started with 20k in chips and blinds were 100/200 to start. The schedule was set up to support 27 players with about 10 rebuys and finish before it became too late on this school night, but we only had 25 players and 5 rebuys. That made for some pretty tough (but fair!) blinds...

   Slaying the Steamroller

   The first two rounds went by pretty quickly. I played a lot of small pots and built up a little bit. I picked up in middle position and tried to do a triple-BB raise to 600. The players informed me the blinds were at 200/400 so a raise would be 800, so they let me bump it to 800. Yuri on the button and a couple others called, so we had a nice pot.

   Of course the flop is , right? I check, Yuri bets, and I call. The turn is the , giving me a larger straight (lol) and a flush draw. I bet out and Yuri goes all in. I call and he shows for top two pair. The river is the and I double up with my runner-runner flush (aka flopped straight).

   KK No Good (Craig's)

   I limped in with in late position and Craig popped it 4 times. Everybody folded to me, and I called, since there were about 4 big blinds in the pot already. The flop was and two rags. Craig bet out, but it didn't seem like a "I have the best hand" bet, so I decided to smooth call hoping to indicate I had an ace. He checked the turn, I bet, and he grudgingly folded.

   I frisbeed my cards in, but they hit off my other hand and flipped up. OMG :/ People accused me of doing it on purpose to be mean, but I explained that would be stupid for two reasons.

   1. Never make your opponents regret folding monster hands to you. I guess you might want to use it against them later, but I think it's more profitable to allow them to feel okay about it. Now I'm going to have to think harder next time I get into a pot with Craig ;)
   2. I like playing cards with these people and hanging out with them; poker is poker, but making your friends feel bad purposefully is just not cool

   KK No Good (Mine)

   I folded for a while, played a few pots, made a mistake against Mike when he bet his bottom pair and I just called. He hit trips on the turn and I still thought he was weak, but I was wrong. I should have just raised when I thought I had the best hand.

   Anyway, people are busting out left and right at this point, so we are balancing tables and writing the results down and I'm barely at my table. One moment I'm there, I look and see . Rebecca goes all in UTG and I have to stop the clock for the other table, so I just say "tell me when it's my turn." They do, I say "re-raise all in" and come back to the table.

   Rebecca shows . The door card is the , but it's quickly followed up by . I walk away to balance the other table and the table erupts... I ask "did I get quads or did she runner-runner? Rebecca won with a straight :p

   ! Repaid!

   • I moved all in with and Melonee called and lost with .
   • I got into a 3-way all-in with Kyle with my against his overcards by rivering a full house. E paid me off with her mini-house. Woo!
   • The very next hand I had the button, so I decided to go for a blind steal with my new money with . It turned out Parag had and wasn't going anywhere... until I picked up two-pair on the flop, that is. Wow.
   • In the small blind for 15k I went all in with against E in the big blind with one more big blind behind. She of course called with her but they didn't hold up.

   The End

   I won! Trish and I played heads up for a while pausing the blinds and she ended up not being able to double up on me. The final hand I even sucked out. My paired up on the river against Trish's when she only had one big blind left.

   Remember, don't trap the trapper :) If you know what it means, then it was for you.

   Posted by Jason M at 2008-06-06 00:44:40

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Comments on “Another Game, Another Win”

1. • Posted by Jason M g 2008-06-11 20:31:23
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   • LOL, sorry Parag. Yeah, I remember them being suited because I was really hoping for a 3-flush to come out once you showed the aces. Not that it made any difference - everybody folding to me after getting a big bump in chips and not raising for a while meant it was time for a raise :/ You just got ridiculously unlucky...

     BTW, my captcha is KTJJ. I win?

2. • Posted by Mr. Segan g 2008-06-11 18:15:31
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   • I don't think your J 5 were suited...I still get nightmares about that hand :-(

3. • Posted by Anonymous g 2008-06-07 18:05:26
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   • Turns out Craig had something closer to pocket sevens and was prospecting a bit himself :) he said next time he'll raise me!

4. • Posted by Ethan g 2008-06-06 20:12:29
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   • Did you know the float play had a name? Seems like a pretty good move.

5. • Posted by Jason M g 2008-06-06 18:41:53
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   • Thanks for the KK #1 complement. I agree that is an okay place to show, but just to be a dick is not cool.

     That night was definitely cooler city. Especially the hands against Yuri and Parag. Wow. Those really were most of the meaningful hands, too. There were only a couple others that had much of an effect on my chip stack that were "normal".

6. • Posted by Krishna g 2008-06-06 05:46:06
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   • KK hand 1 - classic float play - well executed. It is okay to show not to show up the opponent but to show how a play can be executed. Do NOT try this out of position.

     KK hand 2 - ouch!

     Man! All hands are just full of coolers.
     I guess top pair is no good in your games.

7. • Posted by Krishna g 2008-06-06 05:39:40
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   • Wow!
     Did you win the tournament?