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 Q
Here’s the flop…
T Q 3 $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 .
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 .
What’s he have in the hole???
T 9 .
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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