September 01, 2005
Skip this post if you don't play poker
I very rarely go on tilt. I can think of three occasions where I've been on:
1. When my pocket aces got cracked by a K3o despite massive pre-flop raising by myself and a guy that ultimately folded queens.
2. When I folded top pair to an all in bet because I heard Dawn's voice in my head "What are you doing?! (sing-song voice supposed to be an imitation of me)'ooooh I have a pair. Look at me with my pair.'(/sing-song voice supposed to be an imitation of me)" and the guy flipped over a 53o with no 5s or 3s on the board.
3. Tonight. Sigh. I was playing 1/2 NL at a table with all guys, all of whom had much bigger chip stacks than me. I folded my first few hands then got dealt pocket 8s out of position. I raised $10 and everyone folded. Alrighty then. The next (and last) hand I played was in BB. I was dealt a Q9o which I was ready to fold to even the slightest hint of a pre-flop raise. Everyone limped in and I checked. The flop was a 369, rainbow. SB checks, I bet $10. I have two callers. The turn is another 3. Ok, I start to worry about someone catching a set but then think that the only likely hand still in this pot would be an A3 and I couldn't see that hand making it past the flop. I bet another $10. Call. Call. The river is my magical 9. I was so happy I fumbled with my chips and raised $20. 'All in' said the guy with a million dollars in chips to my left. The other guy folded. I quickly called. I mean, I've got the nuts full house. Even if he has a 3, my full house beats his full house. And, it's true that if he had a 3, that's exactly what would've happened. Only, see, he had two 3s, giving him a lovely hand of quad 3s. It's a good thing I only had a small stack because when that 9 hit I was ready to bet everything I owned on that hand. I tilted so bad, I explained the hand in detail to my mom who does not play poker. Sigh.
Posted by Karol at September 1, 2005 02:52 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Poker Texas+Hold+Em Tilt No+Limit+Hold+Em
Whoa. He had you beat the whole way. You didn't do anything wrong, I don't think. There's no way you could've gotten away from that boat, even though it was second-best.
That's what always bugs me about the opening game in Rounders. Malkovich so confidently flips over the aces, the thought of quad nines never crossing his head.
Posted by: Jay at September 1, 2005 09:01 AMJust stopped by to say thanks for the visit, the compliment, and the condolences.
I've been trolling around your group of friends' sites, starting with Ari's and sauntering over to Dawn's.
Too bad all my friends live off of Manhattan. I imagine it'd be cool to bop over--oh wait. There's Megan...nevermind then!
Posted by: Alan at September 1, 2005 09:45 AMthe only likely hand still in this pot would be an A3 and I couldn't see that hand making it past the flop
Just some of the hands more likely to than A3 to have called your $10 raise on the flop:
A9, AA, 66, and, of course, 33.
Posted by: Rick Blaine at September 1, 2005 09:49 AMMy condolences. Stuff like that is what keeps it interesting though.
Posted by: W.C. Varones at September 1, 2005 10:37 AMThe poker gods deal out hands that they know, from the start, will break somebody.
You played it well. The pokers gods had it out for you, though. You can't do nothing about that.
Posted by: Sean at September 1, 2005 11:13 AMThat isn't "tilt," Karol. That is "losing." Tilt is what happens after you lose a big hand.
You were right to lead out the betting on the flop because you probably had the best hand; right to lead out the betting on the turn to define your hand against the caller; and nobody (not even Hellmuth, even though he would say different) lays down that full house.
Rick - A high pocket pair is unlikely in a limped pot - and a high pocket pair that doesn't raise the BB's flop bet is making a HUGE mistake. Karol accounted for - and, alas, discounted - the sets. You are right that Karol should have accounted for A9 and possibly K9 (not to mention A6), but any other 9 would have ended up with the same hand she had. She has to call that bet for the chop.
Posted by: ugarte at September 1, 2005 11:16 AMThat isn't "tilt," Karol. That is "losing." Tilt is what happens after you lose a big hand.
Ha. Yes, well, I was out of money so I didn't have time or inclination to stay at the table and play like someone on tilt.
Posted by: Karol at September 1, 2005 01:17 PMThat's why you leave the mortgage to the house in the safe deposit box...
Posted by: Mark Poling at September 1, 2005 02:18 PMDeed. Meant deed.
Sigh. You should play on PokerStars. Crap like that happens all the time....
Posted by: Mark Poling at September 1, 2005 02:20 PMI was beaten by quad 3's three times in the same night.
And I got beaten on good hands, of course.
Posted by: ace at September 1, 2005 02:52 PMSo, is there going to be a post today for those of us who only speak English?
Posted by: Peter at September 1, 2005 03:24 PMthe hand that cracked your aces was a K5o...why i remember that and not, say, where my wallet is right now, disturbs me.
Posted by: Not Dawn Summers at September 1, 2005 04:34 PM
