Donkey Poker
This trip was somewhat painful, but it was only due to one Donkish play on my part in Friday's 250+30, no AO, no re-buy
I played in Thursday's morning's 50+10, 1 AO, no re-buy 11: AM tourney and did somewhat well finishing 25th out of a field of 130. My demise was hastened by giving too much credit to my opponents' all-in moves late in the tourney. On several occasions with semi-strong pushing hands I held back when I would have doubled or even tripled up which would have given me an excellent chance of cashing considering the top 18 players cashed.
So I find myself at the 2/5NL cash games and my short stack game continues to pay-off when I finish up a little over $300. Winning this sum seems to be alerting me to the fact that Friday's morning tourney at the Borgata is a 250+30. no re-buy, no AO tourney. Since I'm up that amount I decide to play it. This is the biggest tourney I have played and it has the biggest payout.
1st place is about $9500.
I start out good increasing my stack a few thousand and finding myself with about $6500 chips with 70 players left. The blinds are 100/200 with a 25 ante when I look down to see KQs with 2 clubs in first position. I limp in, possibly my first mistake, and it becomes a family plot with about 6 others limpers. The flop comes Qs 4c 7s. I bet 1000 leaving me with 5300. All fold to the button who raises to 3000 costing me another 2000 to call leaving me with 3300 if I call. The raiser is very loose and had recently built up his stack to chip leader at my table. I put him on a flush draw with possibly a small pair. He did have a small pair but it was in the pocket with his 44. I re-raised all-in thinking he was semi-bluffing to win the pot, a donkish move and terrible habit which I thought I had overcome. I do hit another club on the turn which gave me a flush draw bringing me up to 11 outs on the river but it was not to be when he filled up for a boat.
It was a good experience that taught me a lesson that I will remember for a while.
I ate at an excellent noodle bar at The Borgata called
posted by Frank @ 6:21 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
If I called I would have been left with 3300 chips with about half of my stack in the pot. Tough to get away from that, especially when a club came on the turn giving me TPGK, and a 2nd nut flush draw, so it would have went in there anyway. You are right though a raise might have chased him out, but he was loose and playing a lot of pots so he might have called a pre-flop raise. I don't like to raise from UTG with a KQ, but this time it might have saved me. My other way out was folding on the flop raise, but my hand looked too strong at that point. If he had been playing tighter I might have been able to get away from his raise. Playing loose adds a dimension of deception that can cost you a lot when they have a hand.
It is a little ironic, but I put the guy on a flush draw, and since he was the big stack, playing loosely I figured that he was trying to steal the pot, that is why I re-raised him hoping that either he folds and I take down a nice pot or he calls and does not hit his flush and I double up. I was actually trying to take advantage of his style of play but at the wrong time. So as Dnice said I thought he was trying to make "the wrong move at the right time", unfortunately for me it was the right time for him because he was holding the goods.
Tank:
The thing that guides me...do I need to scoop this pot? On the flop of Qs 4c 7s...putting him on a flush draw is fair...but it could be the nut flush draw ...which if you hit... and he does you're gonna lose all your chips...I don't think two pair is likely...but a set is... especially if someone calls a pre-flop raise w/position...you're up against the chip leader who can bust you...I agree w/D-Nice where the reraise on the flop...should have concerned you enough to fold to it. Your move (which I'm prone to make) is effective against a tight player who will lay down the best hand...or a short stack hanging on trying to cash...but against a loose player with lots of chips...with any kind of hand...you're probably gonna get called.
He did not call a pre-flop raise, about 6 players limped in. I have to agree with what you are saying, but still I was surprised when he called.
I did not even consider him having a set or 2 pair. I though he might have had a weak Q, or connected spades judging by the way he was playing and considering he might have raised up the pot in late position if he had a pair since he was raising a lot. Live and learn I guess, but I will play better next time!
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