Talk about a bad beat…
Hi everyone. So last night I was playing a small $250 no limit freezeout hold-em tournament at the casino. There were 102 players so 1st prize was pretty decent. Everyone started the game with 3000 worth of chips and blinds being 10/20. At the beggining I lost a few hands right away and went as low as 1100 but then picked up a few big pots and started building up my chip stack. Got lucky a few times by pulling off big bluffs and in no time I was one of the leaders. By the time the blind level was 300/600 there were 24 players left. My chip stack was close to 30,000 with the average being a little over 12,000 so I was sitting pretty and was just going to ride it out to the final table. Too bad lady luck didn’t have the same in store for me. I was in big blind and got 7, 5 off suit, the next 2 people just called one of them being the chip leader and the small blind folded. Flop came out 4,6,8 all different suits. Since I flopped the nutts with no flush draws on board I simply checked and got what I wanted from the other 2 players in the hand. The guy after me raised 2500 and the chip leader re-raised to 14,000. After thinking for a minute I made a right read and put the big chip stack on a set which he would most likely not fold to any bet so I moved all-in wanting a call. The guy after me folded and the chip leader called. After we flipped out cards I was right, he had pocket 6’s in the hole meaning flopped a set of 6’s going against my nut straight so I was feeling very comfortable and was ready to take over my opponents position of being the chip leader of the tournament. Thats where the worst possible turn and river cards came out. He caught runner Aces to give him a full house and just like that I was out 24th. I don’t blame him because its hard to throw out a set with that flop and after all I wanted a call but didnt go my way at the end. Guess that’s just poker…
Posted by Jared on 05. 12. 2008 in Tournament Play. And 1 Comment .
NIck on January 28, 2009 3:06 pm
Hey, that is a pretty bad beat but I have seen worse and as you said yourself the both of you could not have thrown out your hand after the flop so came down to luck being on his side this time around…