Poker Night
My friend Cesar called last night to invite me to an online poker tourney with a group of guys we used to play with. It was fun, but the blinds increased so fast that at the end it was just an All-In fest.
I’ve only played one tourney the last few months and it showed. First game I was out in 5th (of 7 players). The second game I came in 3rd. I was in the big blind and Cesar put me all in from the small blind. I had 8-3 offsuit, but I figured this had a chance since I knew he would put me all in with any 2 cards. I said I thought my 83 might be good, and it was. He had 75 suited. Sure enough, a 5 came on the flop and I was done. He had to have figured I would be forced to call with anything, since I wouldn’t have been left with less than the small blind, but I guess he wanted to take a chance with 2 live cards.
The 3rd game I hung in there until it was down to three. I had about the same as the player to my left, and the last guy had about half of what each of us had. I waited for a decent hand and luckily the short stack was down to a very short stack and I was able to knock him out (but not before he had doubled up twice in a row!).
It was heads up against me and Ken, who is a very strong player. He had a 2-1 lead, and I had a very slight lead when he went all in. I called with a decent hand, and I figured he had me beat, but either way I was going to get to go to bed. He won that hand, and I was crippled, but doubled up twice in a row from the binds, then again a few hands later.
We were just about even again and I went all-in a few times. I think this worked nicely because he folded a few hands from the small blind, which goes against his aggressive style. Because the blinds were so high by this point, I put him all in from the small blind when I got QQ! He called with a decent hand, but a Q came on the flop to seal it for me.
This might become a regular Sunday thing, but unless we can find a site that lets us change the structure, or has a slower blind structure, I’m not sure I’ll keep playing. I never do well in tournaments with blinds that go up so fast. Winning that last tourney I doubled my money at least.
I’ve only played one tourney the last few months and it showed. First game I was out in 5th (of 7 players). The second game I came in 3rd. I was in the big blind and Cesar put me all in from the small blind. I had 8-3 offsuit, but I figured this had a chance since I knew he would put me all in with any 2 cards. I said I thought my 83 might be good, and it was. He had 75 suited. Sure enough, a 5 came on the flop and I was done. He had to have figured I would be forced to call with anything, since I wouldn’t have been left with less than the small blind, but I guess he wanted to take a chance with 2 live cards.
The 3rd game I hung in there until it was down to three. I had about the same as the player to my left, and the last guy had about half of what each of us had. I waited for a decent hand and luckily the short stack was down to a very short stack and I was able to knock him out (but not before he had doubled up twice in a row!).
It was heads up against me and Ken, who is a very strong player. He had a 2-1 lead, and I had a very slight lead when he went all in. I called with a decent hand, and I figured he had me beat, but either way I was going to get to go to bed. He won that hand, and I was crippled, but doubled up twice in a row from the binds, then again a few hands later.
We were just about even again and I went all-in a few times. I think this worked nicely because he folded a few hands from the small blind, which goes against his aggressive style. Because the blinds were so high by this point, I put him all in from the small blind when I got QQ! He called with a decent hand, but a Q came on the flop to seal it for me.
This might become a regular Sunday thing, but unless we can find a site that lets us change the structure, or has a slower blind structure, I’m not sure I’ll keep playing. I never do well in tournaments with blinds that go up so fast. Winning that last tourney I doubled my money at least.
posted by DumbAscii at
7/11/2005
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