yeah i came 8th out 50 in the $8 stud hi satellite with top 2 getting in. was 4th in chips before this hand and effectively only one hand away from second.
i played this hand terribly.
villian had been caught stealing twice in the previous 10 or so hands so i thought he's a fair chance to have something big concealed because he couldn't afford to get caught again whilst just a pair of 7's isn't that strong with jacks and an ace behind him....
the only street i'm happy with was 4th. i was pretty sure i was going all the way here anyway so i wanted to get rid of seat 8 so i achieved that. and by just calling third i could now be representing a four-flush and if the flush card hit's fifth there's a good chance he'll fold one pair. in fact in a disastrous hand i was really happy with this raise - it gave me a lot of cards to hit on 5th street that i could make him fold to (Jack, four, or any spade he's got to be wary of)
on 5th i should've raised again. probably wouldn't have changed anything though.
on 6th i knew i was in trouble when he paired. even though i could now represent the flush it didn't matter. and with less than 1 big bet remaining i just had to hope he completed with 7's and had 7's and 6's (instead of kings or aces up) and give me a chance of the resuck.... didn't happen (not required anyway as he hit the boat on the river)
the entire hand is so much easier if i had've re-raised him on 3rd. big chance i'd have just taken the pot there. as soon as i hit the call button i regretted it.
Tournament - 7 Card Stud
High (1,000/2,000), Ante 150, Bring-In 300 (
converter)
Seat 1: 4,233
Seat 2: 4,309
Seat 3: 9,616
Seat 4: 7,857
Seat 5: 9,406
Seat 6: 2,627
Hero: 8,138
Seat 8: 39,314
3rd Street - (1.20 SB)
Seat 1: xx xx 3
___folds
Seat 2: xx xx 5
___folds
Seat 3: xx xx 2
___
brings-in___folds
Seat 4: xx xx Q
___folds
Seat 5: xx xx 7
___completes
Seat 6: xx xx 7
___folds
Hero: J
8
J
___calls
Seat 8: xx xx A
___calls
4th Street - (4.50 SB)
Seat 5: xx xx 7
6
___bets___raises
Hero: J
8
J
4
___raises___calls
Seat 8: xx xx A
T
___
checks___folds
5th Street - (5.25 BB)
Seat 5: xx xx 7
6
A
___
bets
Hero: J
8
J
4
3
___calls
6th Street - (7.25 BB)
Seat 5: xx xx 7
6
A
6
___
bets
Hero: J
8
J
4
3
6
___calls 1,988 (all-in)
River - (9.24 BB)
Seat 5: xx xx 7
6
A
6
xx
Hero: J
8
J
4
3
6
5
___all-in
Total pot: (9.24 BB - 18,476)
obviously not a bad beat, just a poorly played hand that i should've taken down easily.
ooo well, moving on.
Last edited by shamelessdave; 02-06-2009 at 01:04 AM.