i'll start the discussion: I'm the worst player ever!
the story: hand #2, i'm UTG. mattythatguy is on my right in the BB, and i know him to be a tight/rather conservative player. i raise with KQs, even though that's a dumb move at this point in the tournament. the blinds aren't worth stealing, players are looser in the first rounds, i have to bet through 8 guys, any A is a favorite, et cetera, et cetera.
folds to matty, who min-raises. a couple of things here:
- when a tight/conservative player re-raises out of position, look out kids.
generally, min-raises are scary. people like to use them to tie you to a pot, and often means they're afraid you'll fold
i make some sort of smart-alecky comment, and call.
the flop comes KXX. matty bets, 200 i think. at this point, i guess he could have AA, KK, QQ, or AK. if i had given it a seconds' thought, i'd have run for my life.
disclaimer: i had just finished playing 3 tables of .01/.02 NL on PS for an hour. i don't reccommend it before a tournament: too different.
so i raise. i don't hate my raise in retrospect, if i used it for the right reason. it should have been used to tell me where i was at. i raised 2.5 his bet or so. i've still got 900 chips here, btw, so i should have been able to get away from the hand...
he reraises all in (1400 total!) Now he can only have an overpair or a set. i remember thinking "oh darn, a set"
i nearly instantly called, and he showed his AA. no help, and i'm left with 60 chips!
btw, nearly two hours later, down to the final 5, matty had 2800 chips. playing T/A works!
here's the hand history, for posterity:
POKERSTARS GAME #1729850326: TOURNAMENT #7960692, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL I (10/20) - 2005/05/19 - 21:31:42 (ET)
Table '7960692 3' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: lilil (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: CaptLego (1470 in chips)
Seat 3: J.5. (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: pokerdwarf (1520 in chips)
Seat 6: chicagosox (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: mattythatguy (1440 in chips)
Seat 8: mwfeldman (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: ky70 (1500 in chips)
chicagosox: posts small blind 10
mattythatguy: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mwfeldman [Kd Qd]
lilil said, "someone already took a chunk out of mspatton"
mattythatguy said, "already"
mwfeldman: raises 40 to 60
ky70: folds
mattythatguy said, "sheesh"
lilil: folds
CaptLego: folds
J.5.: folds
pokerdwarf: folds
chicagosox: folds
mattythatguy: raises 40 to 100
mwfeldman said, "is he offering that bounty again?"
chicagosox said, "when's a good time to bluff?"
pokerdwarf said, "is he doing another bounty? wasnt sure"
lilil said, "looks like it was technoguru"
lilil said, "yeah"
mwfeldman said, "am i s'psed to be scared, matty?"
mwfeldman: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Kh 4s 9s]
mattythatguy: bets 180
lilil said, "20 bounty, 50 for first"
mwfeldman: raises 320 to 500
mattythatguy: raises 840 to 1340 and is all-in
mwfeldman: calls 840
lilil said, "uh oh"
pokerdwarf said, "wasnt sure if Ten had cut/paste last weeks prize info"
*** TURN *** [Kh 4s 9s] [2d]
mwfeldman said, "i'm sposed to know that"
*** RIVER *** [Kh 4s 9s 2d] [4h]
mwfeldman said, "..."
chicagosox said, "uh, yeah"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mattythatguy: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
mwfeldman: shows [Kd Qd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
mattythatguy collected 2890 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2890 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 4s 9s 2d 4h]
Seat 1: lilil folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: CaptLego folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: J.5. folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pokerdwarf (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: chicagosox (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: mattythatguy (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won (2890) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 8: mwfeldman showed [Kd Qd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 9: ky70 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
(bonehead read of the night)
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