[brianseto]

Hi guys

I played at a local tourney yesterday, and was knocked out in the first hand on what I think is a bad beat. Here's how it went:

100/200 blinds

I was in the small blind. My cards were

10c- 7h

Pre-flop, everyone limped in since it was the first hand. Even though my hand was garbage, I called the big blind since it was cheap.

flop was:

10h-9s-7s

I flopped two pair, but wanted to get some action, although I was a little afraid of the straight out there, so I bet 600 to test the waters.

The guy across from me raised to 1200.

I looked at him, decided that he didn't have the straight, and called. Everyone else folded.

Turn:

3s

He bet all in.

I took my time and thought about it, and thought about it, finally decided he didn't have the flush and called.

I was right...he turned over a

Jd-7d

So he had bottom pair, and a straight DRAW (an inside straight draw no less) and the guy bets all in? Is this a logical play?

Anyway, the river came up

8d

Can you believe that?!! I feel good that I think I made the right call, and he rivers one of the two cards that could help him. I found out later from two other players that they had both folded 8's too. So the chances of the 8 coming up were ridiculously low.

Did I play that correctly? Or was I an idiot?

Let me know what you think.

Brian