Posted Fri May 11, 2007 11:34 pm GMT by Dakijeza
I consider myself a decent poker player for not getting to play nearly as much as I want.
I played a cash game with some buddies about a month ago. We were playing $0.50/$1.00 blinds, with a maximum $100 buy-in, unlimited buy-ins. I brought $100 and figured I'd clean some house on my friends. I've done well in tournaments against them in the past, ending up in the money about half the time.
Well, I was doing okay, up about $40, then went through a bad stretch and started to get a little impatient. Had a little over $70 in chips.
I get dealt A-Q unsuited.
Somebody calls, a second player called the big blind, and then I raised $5. Everyone folded to the second caller, who called me.
Flop comes 3-7-Q, rainbow.
I'm looking pretty good. My friend, acting first, puts in $5. I raise another $5. He calls.
Okay, I'm thinking, perhaps he has overcards.
The turn comes off A.
Well, this is nice. Two pair, top pairs. My biggest concern is that he has the other 2 A's. The odds are against it. Perhaps he has 2 Q's. Again, doubtful. There are the odds. Plus, he didn't even raise pre-flop. He could have been slow playing his hand. Still, I'm excited about my hand.
And, my excitement was my downfall. I didn't consider all the possibilities.
My friend checked. I raised $15. He called.
A rag comes off the river. No flush possibility. No straights. What can beat me?
He bet $30. I went all in. He called immediately.
I lost.
What do you think he had that knocked me out and sent me home penniless?
Highlight the text below to find out.
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Posted Sat May 12, 2007 8:34 am GMT by raisebot
highlighting the text was unnecessary
i think i speak for everyone when I say we all knew he had the royal flush
tough beat 
Posted Sat May 12, 2007 10:34 pm GMT by Dakijeza
| raisebot wrote: | highlighting the text was unnecessary
i think i speak for everyone when I say we all knew he had the royal flush
tough beat |
I don't look at it as a tough beat. There was no straight or flush possibilities. But, what I didn't consider is that he had a small pair and hit trips on the flop. That's why you play the small pair. For that chance that you hit trips, and take down the big pair. Well, the small pair, hitting trips, was the only hand I didn't account for. And, I put that on me. Like I said, I was too excited.
Posted Sun May 13, 2007 6:36 am GMT by Muck
What did you put him on when you pushed?
Posted Sun May 13, 2007 10:06 am GMT by Dakijeza
| Muck wrote: | | What did you put him on when you pushed? |
I thought he had a Q, possibly K-Q, possibly also an A-Q. When, he called, I prayed for A-Q and a pot split.
Out of my friends, I am the most aggessive bettor. There's a lot of limping-in going on, which is what he did before I raised, so that makes it kind of hard to know. He did call my raise, though, so I knew he had some kind of hand. If he had Qs or As, though, I figured he'd have raised pre-flop instead of limped in. I don't think he would have slow-played them pre-flop. My mistake was, in my excitement, I didn't put him on a small pair that hit trips. I didn't think about that. I saw a bunch of rags, and was blinded by the strength of my hand. That was my mistake. Plus the fact that, while he is generally an aggressive player in tournaments, on this night he was much more conservative in a cash game.
Posted Sun May 13, 2007 10:10 am GMT by Dakijeza
You know, looking back on the hand and replaying it in my head, I get Mike Sexton's voice, exclaiming, "An Ace comes off on the turn, and that could mean big trouble for dakijeza."
Van Patten: "Yeah, he's got alarm bells going off in his head. He has to think he's golden. Little does he know that Jim is sitting there with trips just waiting to take him down."
"This could be a disaster for dakijeza ... I don't know how he's going to get away from that hand."
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