Huge mistake at the local casino |
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Posted Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:47 pm GMT by Garoen
1/2NL at the local casino. Buy in for 60, take my seat and start chatting up the guy to my left. Apparently the monster stack two players to my right is an aggresive spewtard getting lucky all night. Called down to the river w/ 8-3 off, trumping another players KK by catching an 8 on the turn and a 3 on the river. Anyway, first hand I pick up QQ and raise, action folds to spewtard who calls and we see a J-10-4 flop. I can't get away and lose my stack on the 1st hand when he tables J-10 for two pair and the win.
Fast forward 2 hours. I've knocked out one player and pulled a couple pots without showdown. I pick up 44, UTG limps, couple fold, another limp, another fold and I limp in a late position seat. rest fold. Flop comes 9-7-4. UTG makes a huge bet, pf limper calls, I stare down UTG and push my stack all in. (Somehow I ended up playing vs. 700+ dollar stacks at 1/2 so my push isn't really that much of a stretch for him to call.)
This guy is a strong reg and I know he has a hand. I'm hoping overpair or tptk. We begin chatting up the hand, really staring down and trying to get some reads. I tell him he has nines and I can beat nines. My philosophy here is that if the huge stack is holding the strongest table hand he will not be able to lay it down w/ the short stack telling him he's beat. UTG tanks FOREVER (Longest I've ever been in that spot) and folds due to a poor kicker. My psychology backfires to a certain degree. We chuckle and I absentmindedly toss my set of fours in the muck.
UTG erupts, pointing out my huge mistake,followed by shouts and groans all around the table. The PF limper to my right has won the hand without showdown. (At the time he claims to have had the stronger set but later admits to being on a str8 draw.) This is a table with a lot of friendly guys who I've been chatting with all night. They genuinely feel for me but it was totally my mistake. One player makes the comment that he feels he needs to get up and take a walk just having WATCHED the hand.
In retrospect, I simply wasn't paying enough attention. But at the same time, everyone has their story like this if they've played enough live poker. And it truly does happen to the best of us. (Raymond Rahme folding the winning set of 8's in the WSOP anyone?)
Consequently, I used the event to my advantage. Shoving my stack into a couple of younger inexperienced kids claiming outloud "I'm a monkey on tilt." (And then tabling hands that have them crushed after they snapcall w/ tpgk to my overpair.) 
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