Few long-time poker players have avoided missing the payout by one or two positions.... could have won $400 for 29th place but won nothing for 30th place.
Last night I played very well and made some money at a cash "ring game." However, I had bought into a $10 NLHE Tournament, too. Only the top 5 players "made the money," which is a rarity when it comes to tournaments with a lot of players. We got down to 6 players. I was sitting in second place and was stealing blinds/antes back and forth with first place. She was sitting behind me and I was big blind... she was on the button. She raised before the two blinds and I sensed a steal - the small blind folded. I had 10-10 and I reraised about 1/3 of my chips to call her out on the steal and I had a decent hand to take her down. She reraised me all-in over the top. Now - if I win, I win a huge pot and coast to a very likely first place win. If I lose... I lose everything and miss the money (a loss of about $100 for 5th place in this rebuy tournament - and I had not rebought OR added-on). I called and she showed QQ. I went from nearly being chip leader to getting knocked out in 6th and missing the money.
Was it a good play? Well.........see the comments
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After a lengthy discussion last night with some really great players at Third Base on 6th Street in Austin... the consensus was that I made a bad move... I should have folded.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best players in Austin put it this way, "The worst hand you could have put her on was AQ." So whether you go by real statistics, Sklansky's groups, or even Hellmuth's top 10 hands... worst case scenario was that I was a 13 to 10 favorite... a coin flip scenario most pros like to avoid. I think I agree and I think this was a bad play.