Fair warning, bad beat story ahead. Continue at your own risk...
Playing my weekly Wednesday tourney. Typically 60-70 entries. You’re allowed one re-entry... Starting stacks 20k.
We first join our hero (me) with 48k early in level 4 (blinds 400/800). I have 55 in the small blind in a multi-way limped pot. Flop comes T25 with two clubs. I’m first to act, and lead out decently. It gets raised, and called around back to me. I ship it in, get 3 callers... I’m facing AQ clubs, K9 clubs, and JJ (who is the only stack near me in size, and has me covered...). Of course the turn is the Jc. And my hopes of hitting a one outter are dashed when the DB next to me tells me he mucked the case 5.
Best hand on the flop, Fourth best hand on the turn, and only player eliminated... I know that set over set is rare, but add nut flush and 2nd nut flush to the mix, crazy odds? One bullet down...
Second bullet, I grind my stack back from 20k to 65k. Next level. Blinds at 500/1k. I look down at 44 in LP. Lots of limps, I come along to set mine. BB (same guy who felted me before) raises to 3k, 3callers, I come along. 17k in the pot. Flop is J48 rainbow. Super agro BB bets 10k, I ship my remaining 60k. BB tanks-calls, and tables AJ. I ran the numbers later, and I was close to 99% to win. Turn is a J (I boat up), river is an A...
Ya, pretty gross, but I know the villain well, and he seemed to empathize with the sick suck out.. I explained i was fine, and that these are the very hands that make me love poker. Yes, it sucks when you're on the losing end, but I’ve been on the winning end too. It all evens out.
Just not my night.
Playing my weekly Wednesday tourney. Typically 60-70 entries. You’re allowed one re-entry... Starting stacks 20k.
We first join our hero (me) with 48k early in level 4 (blinds 400/800). I have 55 in the small blind in a multi-way limped pot. Flop comes T25 with two clubs. I’m first to act, and lead out decently. It gets raised, and called around back to me. I ship it in, get 3 callers... I’m facing AQ clubs, K9 clubs, and JJ (who is the only stack near me in size, and has me covered...). Of course the turn is the Jc. And my hopes of hitting a one outter are dashed when the DB next to me tells me he mucked the case 5.
Second bullet, I grind my stack back from 20k to 65k. Next level. Blinds at 500/1k. I look down at 44 in LP. Lots of limps, I come along to set mine. BB (same guy who felted me before) raises to 3k, 3callers, I come along. 17k in the pot. Flop is J48 rainbow. Super agro BB bets 10k, I ship my remaining 60k. BB tanks-calls, and tables AJ. I ran the numbers later, and I was close to 99% to win. Turn is a J (I boat up), river is an A...
Ya, pretty gross, but I know the villain well, and he seemed to empathize with the sick suck out.. I explained i was fine, and that these are the very hands that make me love poker. Yes, it sucks when you're on the losing end, but I’ve been on the winning end too. It all evens out.
Just not my night.