Today I cashed an MTT with a little help from my buddy.
45 runners, when I made it to the final table, I was a little above average at 190k. My buddy had gotten knocked out off the other table about 15 minutes earlier, and texted me "Guy two to your right is loose but lucky."
Five minutes later, I was on the button. That guy (who had me covered by 20 or 30k) raised for the pot - blinds and antes were about 20k. I looked at KQo and made it 40k. It folded around to him, he called. Flop was 9 10 3 rainbow, he bet 40k. I made it 80k and he jammed. I sat there and tanked for minutes. Thoughts running through my head:
His initial bet smelled like blind and ante stealing
He didn't re-raise me pre, so he probably wasn't super strong
My only significant history with this guy was one hand an hour ago (when he'd been moved to my table for a short time) when I'd agressively bet him off an ace - maybe he's decided not to get pushed around by me again
This just feels like a guy betting to push me out of a pot, not a guy with a hand
If I fold, I'm still alive, but weak
If I call and lose I'm out but if I win, I'm 2nd biggest stack
This is a guy I see here ALL the time - though I don't have much history with him, he plays A LOT of tournaments, and maybe he doesn't care much if he gets knocked out
This whole hand feels much more like a pissing match than a poker hand
My buddy JUST tipped me off that this guy raises light, and that fits as the final piece of this puzzle
I called. He said "good call" and tabled 5 6 suited. I tabled my KQ and the table was generally shocked, like how do you call that, are you insane, are you hoping for the inside straight - no, I just didn't believe his story.
Turn and river were harmless - I won, and eventually chopped evenly three ways - $861 for a $50 buy in plus $50 add on
It was just such a good feeling because the entire table thought I was crazy for making that call, but after piecing it all together, it was just so close to making sense, and my buddy's timely advice tipped the scales.
Good day.
45 runners, when I made it to the final table, I was a little above average at 190k. My buddy had gotten knocked out off the other table about 15 minutes earlier, and texted me "Guy two to your right is loose but lucky."
Five minutes later, I was on the button. That guy (who had me covered by 20 or 30k) raised for the pot - blinds and antes were about 20k. I looked at KQo and made it 40k. It folded around to him, he called. Flop was 9 10 3 rainbow, he bet 40k. I made it 80k and he jammed. I sat there and tanked for minutes. Thoughts running through my head:
His initial bet smelled like blind and ante stealing
He didn't re-raise me pre, so he probably wasn't super strong
My only significant history with this guy was one hand an hour ago (when he'd been moved to my table for a short time) when I'd agressively bet him off an ace - maybe he's decided not to get pushed around by me again
This just feels like a guy betting to push me out of a pot, not a guy with a hand
If I fold, I'm still alive, but weak
If I call and lose I'm out but if I win, I'm 2nd biggest stack
This is a guy I see here ALL the time - though I don't have much history with him, he plays A LOT of tournaments, and maybe he doesn't care much if he gets knocked out
This whole hand feels much more like a pissing match than a poker hand
My buddy JUST tipped me off that this guy raises light, and that fits as the final piece of this puzzle
I called. He said "good call" and tabled 5 6 suited. I tabled my KQ and the table was generally shocked, like how do you call that, are you insane, are you hoping for the inside straight - no, I just didn't believe his story.
Turn and river were harmless - I won, and eventually chopped evenly three ways - $861 for a $50 buy in plus $50 add on
It was just such a good feeling because the entire table thought I was crazy for making that call, but after piecing it all together, it was just so close to making sense, and my buddy's timely advice tipped the scales.
Good day.
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