Guess what I was doing last night at about 8:30... I'll tell you what I wasn't doing - I wasn't playing poker at math club. I was already knocked out of the tournament by then. Here's the hand that crippled me...
Blinds 20/40 - starting stack was 1500 - I had about 1700 - I was in late position and was dealt pocket queens. Jason was chip leader and UTG and he raised it to 125. He was raising pre-flop about every other hand, so I had no reason to think he had a great hand. I decided to flat call his raise - I thought a re-raise might chase him away and at that point, I wanted to spring a trap and try to win a huge pot instead of a small one. Kate was the small blind and she pushed all in - she was the short stack (605). Jason sat and pondered calling for about 5 minutes and finally made the call. I insta-called and we had a 3-player pot. Flop came 2-5-8 rainbow. Jason bet 200 into the (dry) side pot. I called. Turn came another 5. He again bet 200, which I called. River was another 8 (2-5-8-5-8 board - nothing too scary here) he bet 400, again I called. Turns out, he had pocket 8s for quads. Ouch! Kate had AKo, so had Jason not been in the pot, I'd have won. Maybe I should have re-raised before Kate's all-in. Maybe I should have re-raised after Jason's call of her re-raise. I don't know. All I do know is that it left my stack at about 300, which I lost a few hands later when I pushed with A3s and was called by Toby's AKo. Hopefully, Friday night I can stick around a little while longer!!
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That's an empty feeling when your day is done and there are still red chips in play. The unopened beer and Slim Jims tend to laugh at you.
Tough to take. After 2 fives and 2 eights, it is very doubtful he had pocket 5's or pocket 8's. 5 8 very unlikely. So what does that leave you- A 5, A 8, 2 2 or an over pair. Most likely he has the overpair. As long as it's not KK or AA, you are okay. I probably would have reraised to isolate.
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