Sunday, June 20, 2010

On a slippery slope with Big Slick

Last week I posted a hand where I flopped a set of 6's and got stacks in against Q-9, who had flopped 2-pair, only for the 9 to arrive on the river to bust me.

Well, something very similar happened again today, and again it was for stacks.

I was probably feeling a bit hard done by, as I had been sitting at the table for about 30 minutes, and in that time I had been dealt Aces three times, as well as Kings and Queens - also, three times I was dealt low-mid pairs and hit sets on the flop, and not once was there any sort of action at the table - I had made an absolute pittance from these premium hands.

I'd started with $4.00 and was down to about $3.10 when I was dealt A-K (sooooted) in early-position. I raise 3+1/2 times the BB, up to $0.17c and get two callers, the SB and the BB.

The flop comes down 7-K-7, rainbow, the SB checks. BB puts in a pot-sized bet, and I am convinced he has a King (unless he decided to make the original call with A-7), so I re-raise for the rest of my chips (about $2.80) and he uses up all his time before making the call.

The length of time he took meant he had a naked King, or he was scared that a 7 might have clashed with pocket Kings. I am delighted when he turns up J-K off (the Bachelor hand).

The turn is the 9c, but the bomb lands on the river, with the Kd - making him a better two-pair.
It's just insane how every time I get my money in good against these donkey's they all suck out.

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