A very rough weekend. A number of suckouts, one for a $2,400 pot in which I had the best hand AND the redraw on the turn and lost to a straight. This is poker, but the victory lap and shouts of "SEND IT" did not help my disposition. Oh, and then there’s the brush letting a drunk college kid walk out the door with his chips after calling an $784 all-in. He just didn’t pay.
Brush: “Well, what could I do?”
Me: “HOW ABOUT CALLING SECURITY AND MAKING HIM PAY?!?”
But I digress.
Here’s the substance of today’s lesson. I broke two tried and true rules today.
1) Don’t go broke with top pair
2) Don’t call all-ins unless you’re hoping they go all in before they do
Those are the rules. They're called rules for a reason.
Here’s the hand.
$2-5NL. Hero has AK in early position and raises to $25. 4 callers. Pot: $125.
Flop: AT5, two hearts.
Hero checks, MP1 bets $40, fold, fold, button calls $40, Hero makes it $140. My $140 is the “find out early” bet. If MP1 raises me, I’m done with the hand.
MP1 just calls $140. Button goes all-in for another $170. I have him on a draw all the way; he's the "any draw" guy. (You know this guy; he never BETS them; just calls with them.) I CALL. Now MP1 goes all-in for another $105. I’m sure I’m beat now, but what can I do, fold? I call.
MP1: Set of 5s.
Button: KJ of hearts.
Turn and river are bricks, MP1 takes it down.
Could you have gotten away from this hand?
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Honestly, no I would not have been able to get away from that hand. I try to picture myself in those situations with people I actually play with and knowing what dumb fucks they are, I definitely would've stayed in. Besides that, you were pot committed, right?
MP1 was just waiting for someone to go all in first so he could look like the big man and say it over the top. (which I love doing by the way)
I HATE doc. anyway, two things. YES I lay this hand down. read what you wrote...
"MP1 just calls $140. Button goes all-in for another $170. I have him on a draw
all the way; he's the "any draw" guy. (You know this guy; he never BETS them;
just calls with them.)"
HE JUST BET! jackass, fold! I know he didn’t win the pot, but if you wrote this
right, you shouldn’t have called in between.
secondly, have you learned yet? get the money IN the pot before you call! even
if its out of turn action. call the floor, express the rules, and make the
dealer take the chips before you call!
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