general Poker discussion

PAINFUL but interesting situation that came up on my last viset to harrahs- Stack size UTG 300 Button 175 Me on Middle Pos 200. I raise the ugt Limp to 17 w/ A'X' s. and the button for first time this session carlessly looks at his cards and I see his hand. KJoff. he calls.

Flop [7 T Q] I bet out after UTG ch'ed Button calls with KJ and unfortunattly UTG calls as well. turn is a brick [7] utg checks. I check. Button OVER BET SHOVES! $$$130. utg takes a long time and folds. I say I am sorry man, I saw your hand he said yea i thought i showed it too you.
I call about hundred twenty on the turn with Ace high and of course ace hits on the river. I hate when seeing your nieghbors hand blows up in your face.

i was about 80% certain I saw his hand as KJ, but I could have been wrong. I took about min to call with ace high. and he looked weak as if he really had the KJ. If your 80% confident he has air and can hit
3 9's
3 Aces
any K or J 6,
(Maybe a flush as well that i did not see on river. 7)
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + (7) =
so he is still 24% - 38% he may still win. would you still call with Ace high. Obviously yes right?

honestly I think it's a borederline coin flip for me. as I was only 80% he had KJ,

after the fact I dont think he had the flush draw, but it was possible, and I dont remember


As for the When to get off the table, I have a lot of items that will cause me to leave a table- i have no prob walking away after as little as 30 mins if i think that is best.

- i am about booking a win. If i can bank a 2 hundred win in what ever time it takes i do it. esspecially on my first session of the trip. I want to pay the expences of my trip and bank that win so I can feel comfortable . this may just be me, but feel much more comfortable making plays on ppl if I am already up, ABC to start- then I go in to the bag of tricks.

- playing on M- Thur. If i Felt a rock/ REG at the table with an absolute monster i am going to pick up and go as MOST ALL 12 NL tables on M- TH are the same kind of player types, Few if any calling stations, Few maniacs.

- If fish leaves I leave, Just that simple!

- It always worth your time sitting around waiting for a new table to open. Ask the floorman if you can join any new table forming as players just sitting always seem to have that "i Need to set my money on FIRE additude upon arrival to the poker lounge!" I openly lol at players that sit down and do this!

- playing tired: everyone is different, i can play well tired IF i have been playing at the table for hours already, sitting down tired, never! if your not excited to play, don't. sitting down with a lot of energy and talking between hands and being an A hole at times can change how ppl play against you. Some of my all time best sessions I was very vocal and chatty with players around. table talk is a great way to get useful information at the table. micro expressions as well.

My $560 tourny Event #2 Borgata WPT

I bit the bullet and took a shot! this was my second lifetime tourney in the 500+ buy in level. i can support these tourneys with regular 12 NL games that I am successful player. So i was comfortable sitting in this game. I found my self having GREAT difficulty making hands. my big hands I had to lay down. I had KK cracked, I laided id down on the turn as action checked in a three way pot on the flop. I did not lead out for My poker instincts were spot on. player lead on the turn for 1k into a 1.8K pot and I dumped it, talked him in to showing set of QQQ. i had to show in return. my tourney busting hand that I got away from got me way too much respect and I could not make things happen after that.
later I dumped a hand I knew I was a coin flip with after the flop. faced with a 1K bet on the flop from a 4k short stack. i think that was my biggest error in judgement.
I had A9 diamonds Flop 9 8 6 two diamonds.
He showed AA. if I thought he had kk - TT I am ahead on this flop. but it is a virtual coin flip to call. I should have gambled here


I should have taken the flip with him for half my stack.hand I went out on was one that was a HUGE draw. limp on button with 67hearts, raised from bb 3x. I snap call with 4.2K flop is 45q two hearts. he leads with a SHOVE! i snap call. brick brick... I'd make the same call any time any where, so I was happy with my play, just not the results. 1st place was about 130K. 706 players