AA cracked by 22. Mid-stakes no different to micros?
Join Date: Mar 2017
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Dear 2+2 Community
My main go-to tourneys have been $1~11. Very rarely have I ventured to $20+.
With Australia's Black Friday looming mid-June, I thought I'd use the rest of my bankroll dabbling in mid-stakes.
Bought into $33 KO. Raised a few hands, called a few raises, lost some hands, won some hands. I was still slightly up from the initial stack.
After the first break, I get dealt AA. The person on my right UTG raises 4xBB. I 3-bet 2x his raise. Everyone folds. He calls.
The flop is 36J or something like that. A pretty safe flop for me. As he was first to act, he shoves all in. He has me just covered.
I think for a bit, thinking maybe he has a set of Jacks. But, I put him on AJ at best and called. He turns over 22.
Lo and behold. 2 comes on the turn, and I'm out of the tournament.
How am I supposed to mentally process this? (Then again, it seems almost pointless asking this question as I know such stupidity will never take place in live poker. And with only about a month of online poker left to play before Black Friday kicks in Australia, I might as well just withdraw everything and stop playing online...)
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Going to lock this because there's no strategy worth discussing. You got felted, it happens.
