Apr 06 2010
The Stuff You See Online
I was playing a sit and go the other day and ran across this hand early in a tournament. It’s not the weirdest hand I’ve ever seen but just goes to show the type of stuff that you’ll see on a pretty regular basis when you’re seeing so many hands. All the money went in after the flop and it played out as is shown below. I can only imagine how pissed I’d be if I was the guy holding the nut flush and had to watch as my opponent caught runner runner to fill up.
This is one of those situations where you need to remember to play your game and let the chips fall where they may. tmingda0129 absolutely played the hand properly. He got his money in with the nuts and the majority of the time his hand would have held up and he’d have double the chips. The more correct decisions you make the better your bank roll is going to be. As they say… that’s poker.
See you after the flop!
The under the gun player folds and the next player raises to $400 early in the tournament. I look down and see a nice looking King Ten suited and think for quite a while before throwing my hand away. I figure that against an early position raiser I’m most certainly behind – potentially crippled. Of course, the flop comes out with three clubs including the Ace. I could only sit and watch as the pot was pushed to someone else after I’d laid down my nut flush pre flop.
The second time I had the deal I look down and see those beautiful bullets. It’s music to my ears when the under the gun player raises. It’s folded around to me and I make a decent size raise which he calls. At this point I put him on a middle pair or AK.