Four Words I Have to Never Say
Fuck It, I Call.
That's never a good sign.
I got a call from a buddy of mine I haven't seen since moving out to Vegas, and he asks if I wanna play a low buy-in tournament. It was a $45 unlimited rebuy ($20) tournament at the Orleans. Tons of players, I think 150+. We start with $375 and get an extra $300 for rebuys, almost everyone gets it, including myself. Anyway, in these tourneys, I generally try to gather chips and gamble a little to build a stack.
First Level $10-$20 blinds
A tight player makes it $200 out of the big blind after several limpers and gets one call. The flop comes down with two clubs, the big blind goes all in and gets called. AK for the big blind, A7 club draw for the caller, turn comes 7, and he doubles up.
The very next hand, the A7 guy makes it $65 to go. I, thinking he's trying to bully, go all in with my AJ, call. Oops, he turns over AK. The flop comes down all spades, and yes he has the Ace. Turn Jack, ship it. Lucky lucky - The only time. That pot puts me over $1200, and I prolly won't rebuy now.
During the rebuy period, I busted a few players and they rebought, turning my stack into a monster of $3500 in chips at the end of the rebuy period. I don't add-on, some people would here regardless, but as by far the big stack at my table, I didn't think it would be necessary, and it wasn't.
A Jostle. Level Five $50-$100
We come back after the break, and I win a pot with King high after the pot checks around the whole way.
On the button, after two weak limpers, I make it $300 with Filipino Slick, 57 suited. The blinds fold, and both limpers call. The flop comes down 976 with two clubs. The first player immediatly goes all in for $725, the next guy calls the rest of his stack ($125), and it $725 to me. Thinking I have the best hand, I try to put them both on hands. I thought the initial bettor had a club draw or a nine with from anywhere to J9 to A9, but I thought that if he had a nine, he'd let me bet and checkraise or call all-in, he was a donkey like that. Even if the first bettor had a flush draw, he almost certainly had two overcards making me a slight dog at that point. I put the other player on something similar, and maybe an eight for open-ended straight draw. The pot was 1050 plus the all-in bets, making it almost $1900, with $725 to call. After thinking and thinking, I decide that I can't overcall and fold. I thought I may have had the best hand, but with both of them against me, I was either a slight dog, slight favorite, or big underdog. They both turn over Q8 suited, spades and clubs (The initial bettor had club draw with his straightdraw). They both miss and chop the pot. I should've thought about winning the side pot. Even if the caller had the best hand, if I beat the inital bettor, I gain my chips back from the pot. But as it turns out, I was a slight dog versus his straight and flush draw with an overcard (assuming his outs were all free, which they weren't). On the other hand, I had chips to burn, an could afford to gamble there. This play wasn't really bad or good in either way. The fact that neither of them had a nine and had each other's cards, and that I had one of their outs, it makes my fold seem bad (especailly because I would've won), but it really wasn't that bad of a fold because I could've been way behind with a gutshot, two pair, or trip draw. So eh, whatever right, nope. it made me upset a little because I made the wrong play, and winning that potwould put me near $6k, by far a chip leader and in good shape for the coming rounds of ridiculous blinds.
Hands pass.... My table breaks and I go to the next table.
Round Six $75-$150 blinds. New table
Its the 6,7, and 8 levels where I usually bust out in tourneys. Not this time. I had a pretty workable stack. After watching the first few hands, I decide the table was tight, and only a few deep stacks that could take me out. Two from the button, I make it $450 with 67 suited, steal play. The player behind me goes all in for $875. folds to me, and I foolishly put him on high cards, and take my 3.5 to 1 with my live cards. Nope. Pocket tens for the raiser, I flop a 7, turn open-ended, and miss. Okay, not too bad, I still got a $3k+ stack, still decent shape.
The very next hand I steal the blinds with a $450 raise with KK. Yay!
Hands Pass.
UTG calls $150. I, with KJ off, call and folds to the Big Blind who knocks. The flop comes down 885 rainbow. Checks to me, so with both players with under 400, I bet 800. Big blind folds, and I get called by UTG. Good hand I say, putting him on Ace high. He turns over 79 suited. He turns a flush draw, rivers a nine. Nice.
The very next hand I wake up with JJ, and make it $450 to go, behind me thinks for a sec, then goes all in for $1400, then another player goes over the top all in for almost exactly how many chips I have. Easy fold right? The pot was $4.5k+ with a $2k bet to me, but its all my chips. I look over for a tell on the lady, and she stares right at me. Strong means weak??? I KNOW the play is fold, but instead,
FUCK IT, I CALL.
Kings for the re-raiser, and Aces for the re-re-raiser, Duh. Flop drops ace-high, and I pick up hope on the turn, but the river misses my wheel-tie, and I'm out.
All from the 57 suited. That began my downfall. Making a close to 50-50 fold, I Donk off the rest of my chips. It had to be tilt, because I knew the right play, thought the right play, and did the opposite.
All I thought was getting close to triple up, and coasting through later rounds, so I don't bust out in my normal fashion of, play tight and get blinded off until I have to coin flip. The only flaw with that was I HAD chips to wait around for some time. Just because my Kings got no action and I got called with 9-high and lost, I panicked. I overthought my situation, thinking these players went over the top of me because I raised bullshit, and called away my chips. This is probably my biggest flaw. Live and learn I guess. But busting out of a tournament because you played stupid in one spot feels shitty, even if it was a small buy-in. That may be why I dislike tournaments, the depressed feeling you get after busting out. I had a great situation, and didn't execute. It was a long way from over.
By folding a "likely" 50-50 situation with the 57, I survived. By calling with an "at-best" 50-50 situation I ruined my tournament.
"Fuck it, I call."
Do Not add this to your vocabulary, they are the words of a Donkey.
That's never a good sign.
I got a call from a buddy of mine I haven't seen since moving out to Vegas, and he asks if I wanna play a low buy-in tournament. It was a $45 unlimited rebuy ($20) tournament at the Orleans. Tons of players, I think 150+. We start with $375 and get an extra $300 for rebuys, almost everyone gets it, including myself. Anyway, in these tourneys, I generally try to gather chips and gamble a little to build a stack.
First Level $10-$20 blinds
A tight player makes it $200 out of the big blind after several limpers and gets one call. The flop comes down with two clubs, the big blind goes all in and gets called. AK for the big blind, A7 club draw for the caller, turn comes 7, and he doubles up.
The very next hand, the A7 guy makes it $65 to go. I, thinking he's trying to bully, go all in with my AJ, call. Oops, he turns over AK. The flop comes down all spades, and yes he has the Ace. Turn Jack, ship it. Lucky lucky - The only time. That pot puts me over $1200, and I prolly won't rebuy now.
During the rebuy period, I busted a few players and they rebought, turning my stack into a monster of $3500 in chips at the end of the rebuy period. I don't add-on, some people would here regardless, but as by far the big stack at my table, I didn't think it would be necessary, and it wasn't.
A Jostle. Level Five $50-$100
We come back after the break, and I win a pot with King high after the pot checks around the whole way.
On the button, after two weak limpers, I make it $300 with Filipino Slick, 57 suited. The blinds fold, and both limpers call. The flop comes down 976 with two clubs. The first player immediatly goes all in for $725, the next guy calls the rest of his stack ($125), and it $725 to me. Thinking I have the best hand, I try to put them both on hands. I thought the initial bettor had a club draw or a nine with from anywhere to J9 to A9, but I thought that if he had a nine, he'd let me bet and checkraise or call all-in, he was a donkey like that. Even if the first bettor had a flush draw, he almost certainly had two overcards making me a slight dog at that point. I put the other player on something similar, and maybe an eight for open-ended straight draw. The pot was 1050 plus the all-in bets, making it almost $1900, with $725 to call. After thinking and thinking, I decide that I can't overcall and fold. I thought I may have had the best hand, but with both of them against me, I was either a slight dog, slight favorite, or big underdog. They both turn over Q8 suited, spades and clubs (The initial bettor had club draw with his straightdraw). They both miss and chop the pot. I should've thought about winning the side pot. Even if the caller had the best hand, if I beat the inital bettor, I gain my chips back from the pot. But as it turns out, I was a slight dog versus his straight and flush draw with an overcard (assuming his outs were all free, which they weren't). On the other hand, I had chips to burn, an could afford to gamble there. This play wasn't really bad or good in either way. The fact that neither of them had a nine and had each other's cards, and that I had one of their outs, it makes my fold seem bad (especailly because I would've won), but it really wasn't that bad of a fold because I could've been way behind with a gutshot, two pair, or trip draw. So eh, whatever right, nope. it made me upset a little because I made the wrong play, and winning that potwould put me near $6k, by far a chip leader and in good shape for the coming rounds of ridiculous blinds.
Hands pass.... My table breaks and I go to the next table.
Round Six $75-$150 blinds. New table
Its the 6,7, and 8 levels where I usually bust out in tourneys. Not this time. I had a pretty workable stack. After watching the first few hands, I decide the table was tight, and only a few deep stacks that could take me out. Two from the button, I make it $450 with 67 suited, steal play. The player behind me goes all in for $875. folds to me, and I foolishly put him on high cards, and take my 3.5 to 1 with my live cards. Nope. Pocket tens for the raiser, I flop a 7, turn open-ended, and miss. Okay, not too bad, I still got a $3k+ stack, still decent shape.
The very next hand I steal the blinds with a $450 raise with KK. Yay!
Hands Pass.
UTG calls $150. I, with KJ off, call and folds to the Big Blind who knocks. The flop comes down 885 rainbow. Checks to me, so with both players with under 400, I bet 800. Big blind folds, and I get called by UTG. Good hand I say, putting him on Ace high. He turns over 79 suited. He turns a flush draw, rivers a nine. Nice.
The very next hand I wake up with JJ, and make it $450 to go, behind me thinks for a sec, then goes all in for $1400, then another player goes over the top all in for almost exactly how many chips I have. Easy fold right? The pot was $4.5k+ with a $2k bet to me, but its all my chips. I look over for a tell on the lady, and she stares right at me. Strong means weak??? I KNOW the play is fold, but instead,
FUCK IT, I CALL.
Kings for the re-raiser, and Aces for the re-re-raiser, Duh. Flop drops ace-high, and I pick up hope on the turn, but the river misses my wheel-tie, and I'm out.
All from the 57 suited. That began my downfall. Making a close to 50-50 fold, I Donk off the rest of my chips. It had to be tilt, because I knew the right play, thought the right play, and did the opposite.
All I thought was getting close to triple up, and coasting through later rounds, so I don't bust out in my normal fashion of, play tight and get blinded off until I have to coin flip. The only flaw with that was I HAD chips to wait around for some time. Just because my Kings got no action and I got called with 9-high and lost, I panicked. I overthought my situation, thinking these players went over the top of me because I raised bullshit, and called away my chips. This is probably my biggest flaw. Live and learn I guess. But busting out of a tournament because you played stupid in one spot feels shitty, even if it was a small buy-in. That may be why I dislike tournaments, the depressed feeling you get after busting out. I had a great situation, and didn't execute. It was a long way from over.
By folding a "likely" 50-50 situation with the 57, I survived. By calling with an "at-best" 50-50 situation I ruined my tournament.
"Fuck it, I call."
Do Not add this to your vocabulary, they are the words of a Donkey.
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