Anyway, onto better times and some of my rungood. It has thrown up a few interesting hands that I am going to run through now.....
Playing in a £1/2 game, I look down at Pocket 6’s in the small blind and there has been 4 limpers in front of me, perfect scenario to also call & hope to flop a set. Flop comes J62 (2 clubs), almost perfect although the clubs are slightly worrying in a multi-way pot. I decide not to slow play & i just lead out for £7 to get some money in the pot. The next guy throws in a pony (£25 chip) trying to raise, BUT cos he hasn’t announced “raise” the dealer will only take it as a call. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh! If the raise is allowed to stand here then its highly likely that all the money goes in right there & then, and if it doesn’t then its still building a bigger pot which is what I want. We are both sat on around £250 each so the pot has potential to be huge. There is one other caller on the flop, before the turn brings an offsuit King which is a good card for me as there is a fair chance it might have improved my opponents hands. As he has tried to raise on the flop & everyone was aware of that, i decide to check to him & he bets £40 and the 3rd player folds. Now, my dilemma here is whether to raise or just call. I decide that he isn’t on any kind of draw, as he has been pretty tight all night, so i think he would be playing small ball poker with a draw & just checking back to hit it. I think he has possibly AJ or even KJ (which would be ideal). This is where i make my mistake though i think, i should just raise to get the money in.... but i decide to flat call & fire any non-club on the river so it looks like i am bluffing like i have missed my club draw (i have been playing pretty tight so i think raising looks super strong). So after deliberating I just flat call. The river brings another 6 though, giving me quads which shouldn’t change anything really although it does just mean i don’t have to worry about an overset. So, as planned, i fire £60 out hoping to at least get called but after some deliberation he folds. He didn’t tell his mate opposite him what he had & i am clueless as to what he could have had, he wanted to raise the flop, he fired the turn & folds the river.... Very strange line to take, only thing i can think is that he actually was on the flush draw himself. It was a strange hand & i think if i raise the turn that I get ALL his money. But oh well, he might have folded on the turn if i raised anyway. Just seeing quads was a nice feeling and i won a half decent pot!!! (you can tell i’m coming out of a horrendous run).
That same night I flopped broadway, with my TQ, but the turn & river double paired the king & ace, siiiiiiigh! Also, played a slightly strange hand against a guy who was running like sweet baby Jesus on jet-propelled rollerskates with a huge galeforce wind behind him !!! I raise with JT, and get called twice. Flop comes T68, i bet out £10 (just over half-pot) and get called by Jesus. Turn is a 3, i bet £16 and he makes it £25 more. I call, and river brings another 6, i check with the intention of calling any bet & he fires another £35 which i call. He proudly whips over his A6, MBFN (Must Be Fuckin Nice!!)
Onto other things, one of my mates Danny Fogg qualified for an EPT event which was this week & he got through to day 2 before being knocked out, his final hand being AQhh vs 45hh and his opponent spikes a 5, sigh! But having qualified for just 2euros into a 4400euro event it was a great achievement & will have been a very good experience.
Also, i am growing a rather ridiculous moustache this month for Movember so anybody who would like to sponsor me please get in touch
** Unanswerable Questions, 3) When the battery dies in your remote control, why do you think pressing harder on the buttons will make it work ?!
