Been away from the game for quite awhile and only recently started playing more than a few times a year. Decided to play in the biggest game in town (mistake #1) with a short stack (mistake #2) against mostly pros (the ding-dong trifecta). Anyways, was a long drive home and slept little thinking about the following hand:
Full-Ring game, 5/10 NL with mandatory 20 straddle. As mentioned, least 6 players at the table play for a living. Avg stack ~7k with two monster stacks of 30k+ and ~20k. Hero has ~2,500. Been playing for approx. 5 hours and playing tight with tight image (won a hand with A-A about an hour before this hand).
Action: Folded around to me in the cutoff+1. Stare down at two red Kings.
Raise to 65.
Monster stack folds
Button (~5k) who I have history with at lower stakes and 3 bets roughly every 15-20 hands, calls on the button. Blinds fold and Straddle (~10k, playing first hand since sitting at the table) makes the call for 45 more bringing us 3 handed to the flop.
Flop: k
, 10
, 8
Straddle ch, Hero bets 150, Villain calls, straddle tanks for a bit and calls. Pot = ~550
Turn: 6
Straddle checks. I stall a bit and bet 350. Button tanks for a minute and then makes it 900 to go. Straddle folds and it's back to me. Pot = 1,800 and I have ~1900 left.
?????
Thanks
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