Late night poker banter
I am in the third level of my favorite Tilt tournament, the $17K guarantee that starts at 1 am. My stack in the third level is dismal (2,355). I played several hands poorly, so now I have to be extra careful. I decided to just limp in with [Ad, 9s] a few hands ago. There were five players to the flop. I flopped top pair on a very wet board. The first player to act bets the pot and the next player flats. My only choice here should be fold or shove. But, do I do either of those things? No! I simply call and allow the button to shove. Everyone folds to the shove including me. Very bad play by me. Thank goodness, I get moved to another table several hands later, giving me a fresh start.
Utg+1 makes a 3bb bet and everyone folds. The next hand is blind against blind. I have KQ off suit. Since the small blind limped in, I bet pot and am called. The flop carries an ace to which the small blind checks. I bet pot, representing the ace and the small blind folds.
I wish I had a larger stack. My fourth table of the tournament is very passive. Its 40/80 and I just doubled up with ace high.
Woot! ~
Next hand of interest is a multi-way pot, which involved several limpers. After an innocuous flop, it is checked around. Turn was equally bland. In poker, generally the first one to bet wins the pot and it wasn’t me. Should have bet the flop. I let the hand go to a marginal bet on the river. Middle pair lost its appeal.
Now I am starting to wonder why I entered this tournament. I spent too much time sitting around the dinner table enjoying the friendly banter of close friends. My discomfort has risen to an in tolerable level. So am shoving my short stack in with marginal hands and I don’t even seem to care. I go out with 11 bb.