Post by Archie on Sept 4, 2012 8:26:43 GMT -5
Played in an annual Labor Day tournament downtown. This tourney is put on every year by the "Big O" poker league. It draws hundreds, sells a lot of beer and is fun for all. There is no entry fee and the prizes are donated by merchants and supporters of the event. It's a good time. Winner of the Texas Hold 'em tournament wins $750. Nice prize for a freeroll. Naturally I am in it to win it.
So a couple hours into the tournament, probably about 50 hands deep I haven't had a smell of a playable hand and am blinded down to about 80% of my original stack. Holding T8s in the cut off it is one limper to me and I decide it is time to make a move. I haven't been in a hand yet so my image must be tight enough for me to steal here or at least isolate the limper. So I raise 5X. omg 3 callers including the limper.
The flop comes all low cards including two diamonds giving me a ten high flush draw. Checked around to me, i hear the voices telling me this flush gonna hit, I poosh. OMG two callers. Turn makes a T high flush for me, river bricks. I win.... omg I have some chips now.
The very next hand, and on my deal/button I deal myself two red aces. about 5 limpers to me so I value raise to 6X, UTG grumbles about "a guy winning a pot and immediately starts bullying" ;D I
laughing in my head. Three callers. Well AA 4 handed is not a sure thing but I can't hear the spirits saying anything so when it is checked to me on the Axx rainbow flop, I announce my all in poosh bet. All the players grumble but two of them call. wtf.. ok no flush draw out, no str8 draw. Sweet justice is in progress.
So we have a pot of about 13X the buy in stack and I am holding a set of aces. Sweet.
There is no further betting on the turn which is a spade, putting two spades on the board. I am wishing I had some chips left to bet, but it is what it is.
River comes making a 3 spade board. No one bets. Looks good for me. I turn over my aces,Villain turns over Q5 of spades. I am out. player on my left, who actually seems to understand the game, says "omg unreal"
It wasn't my day. I coined a new term for this. I consider myself to have been "IceW0lfed"
So a couple hours into the tournament, probably about 50 hands deep I haven't had a smell of a playable hand and am blinded down to about 80% of my original stack. Holding T8s in the cut off it is one limper to me and I decide it is time to make a move. I haven't been in a hand yet so my image must be tight enough for me to steal here or at least isolate the limper. So I raise 5X. omg 3 callers including the limper.
The flop comes all low cards including two diamonds giving me a ten high flush draw. Checked around to me, i hear the voices telling me this flush gonna hit, I poosh. OMG two callers. Turn makes a T high flush for me, river bricks. I win.... omg I have some chips now.
The very next hand, and on my deal/button I deal myself two red aces. about 5 limpers to me so I value raise to 6X, UTG grumbles about "a guy winning a pot and immediately starts bullying" ;D I
laughing in my head. Three callers. Well AA 4 handed is not a sure thing but I can't hear the spirits saying anything so when it is checked to me on the Axx rainbow flop, I announce my all in poosh bet. All the players grumble but two of them call. wtf.. ok no flush draw out, no str8 draw. Sweet justice is in progress.So we have a pot of about 13X the buy in stack and I am holding a set of aces. Sweet.
There is no further betting on the turn which is a spade, putting two spades on the board. I am wishing I had some chips left to bet, but it is what it is.
River comes making a 3 spade board. No one bets. Looks good for me. I turn over my aces,Villain turns over Q5 of spades. I am out. player on my left, who actually seems to understand the game, says "omg unreal"
It wasn't my day. I coined a new term for this. I consider myself to have been "IceW0lfed"
