Gambooooool
I made it down to 300 or so in the Sunday Million today, thanks in no small part to a gamble relatively early on:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 215 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 75 Ante (9 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from PokerSavvyPlus.com
MP1 (t11074)
MP2 (t21590)
MP3 (t47491)
CO (t62986)
Button (t47576)
SB (t16526)
Hero (BB) (t29503)
UTG (t31340)
UTG+1 (t46561)
Hero’s M: 13.56
Preflop: Hero is BB with 2
, 10
UTG bets t2000, UTG+1 calls t2000, 3 folds, CO calls t2000, 1 fold, SB calls t1500, Hero calls t1000
Flop: (t10675) J
, Q, K (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets t6666, UTG+1 raises to t13332, 2 folds, Hero calls t13332, UTG raises to t29265 (All-In), UTG+1 raises to t44486 (All-In), Hero calls t14096 (All-In)
Turn: (t96633) 9
(3 players, 3 all-in)
River: (t96633) A (3 players, 3 all-in)
Total pot: t96633
Results:
Hero had 2, 10 (straight, Ace high).
UTG had Q, K (two pair, Kings and Queens).
UTG+1 had K, K
(three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won t92959, UTG+1 won t3674
I was pretty pissed at myself for eventually going broke here:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 215 Tournament, 4000/8000 Blinds 800 Ante (9 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from PokerSavvyPlus.com
SB (t178810)
BB (t172056)
UTG (t285030)
UTG+1 (t254696)
MP1 (t155336)
MP2 (t189351)
MP3 (t515043)
Hero (CO) (t180632)
Button (t279374)
Hero’s M: 9.41
Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, A
5 folds, Hero bets t17777, Button raises to t40000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t179832 (All-In), Button calls t139832
Flop: (t378864) 3, Q, 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t378864) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t378864) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t378864
Results:
Button had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Hero had Q, A (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Button won t378864
On the one hand, folding AQ in the CO for 20-odd big blinds is pretty exploitable. Not to mention I’d been naturally been playing aggressively. I’d just stolen blinds the previous hand, and in fact I was hoping someone would shove on me. A small re-raise from the Button was about the only thing I didn’t want to see. This Villain had previously called one of my pre-flop raises with a hand that couldn’t stand a re-raise from someone behind us, and sometimes donks just do donky things. With AJ I fold without too much thought, AK I’m happy enough to ship it, but AQ is the sticking point against a relative unknown. I wasn’t too happy with myself when he rolled Queens. I hate donkaments.