July 31, 2005
One of these days…
…I might actually post about winning at poker. But not today.
Went down to the local Mexican restaurant, where they offer free tournaments every Sunday and Tuesday. Made a bluff early to take down a fair number of chips, followed by a loss on a small pocket pair (I hate playing those in NL Hold’em…)
Was down to 2600 (started at 5000) chips, as the blinds were at 200-400. With a small table, I knew those blinds were going to start coming around very fast. Since there was no actual money on the line, I decided to move all-in with As7s in the position immediately before the button. That’s a strong enough hand to attempt to double up (I’d normally have waited for something better if I had actually paid money to play), but I was just hoping to steal the blinds. Two people called, one with KJo, and another with pocket aces. Both beat me, but at least I can take solace in the fact that the guy with KJo also got knocked out on that hand…
Just once, if I would actually win when I was a favorite in a hand, I’d be very happy. But if that’s not going to happen, can’t I at least suck out when I’m the underdog?
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Heh. You’ll want to check out my latest post about my poker night.
Hold em can be so frustrating, but there’s something about it that keeps me coming back. That’s a tough hand to go all in with in early position. I agree with you that if money was at stake, I would not go all in with that. As for those small/middling pocket pairs, I hate them. They never hold up for me, but seem to hold up for anyone and everyone else that I play against. Pocket 8’s or higher seem to have a much higher percentage of holding up for me than anything lower.