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October 31st, 2005

Big Chippers Play Crap. They win that way sometimes.

Here’s the deal.

Large No Limit tournament. $50 buy in, with more than half the field gone.

Dealt to me, and I limp in for 100.
K(spades) Q(spades)

Here’s the flop…
T(clubs) Q(diamonds) 3(clubs) $200 in the pot plus blinds.

I have top pair, plus a good kicker. I bet $450. The other single player in the game calls. I figure he has a flush draw, and doesn’t understand pot odds.

The turn is
9(hearts) .

Possible straight on the board at this point. I go all in because I think I have it. He didn’t call my $450 on a straight draw, given the flop. I didn’t think so, anyway.

He calls my “all in.”

River…
2(clubs) .

What’s he have in the hole???
T(hearts) 9(spades) .

His 2 pair took my entire stack. Why? I started the hand with $1515. He started the hand with $5500.

Why did this happen? IMO, it’s because he could afford to take the risk. Lesson: A big stack will call some crap on you, just to see what happens. In this case, his crap happened. Would I play that hand differerently? Probably not.

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