Over the many games I have played usually I make one or two mistakes (some of you would say more) but I think this evening's tournament was one where I was pretty much snookered - or as they say in poker - I had a couple of coolers. See what you think....
The tournament was pretty standard - 88 initial runners on 8 tables - so we started 11 handed and I had the worst seat in the house - number 11. There were 14 alternates so it was a bit shambolic. The management in Adelaide are pretty clueless. They even managed to mess up the chips. After Level 3 they took off the 25 chips and then rather sheepishly had to reissue them when they realised there was a 150/300 level. Doh!
Level 1 : 25/50. We started with 4000 chips - 25 minute levels. I got no hands but lost a few when trying to nick a pot from the BB in a limped pot when my K7 hit a K98 board - I folded to a reraise.
Level 2 : 50/100 - no hands - down to 3300.
Level 3 : 75/150 I play a big hand against the very definition of an old rock. He raises from mid position and I call with 44 on the button. The flop is 984 and I just call his 500 bet (there is no way this flop helped him). The turn is a beautiful 4. He checks and so do I. The river is a 7. He bets 500 and I raise 1000 which he reluctantly calls. I end this level with 6000 chips.
Level 4 : 100/200. Make a big lay down having raised with TT and leading out on a board of 245 with 2 hearts. I was raised all-in and had to fold. The raiser told me later he had a big overpair. So finished this level with about 5000.
Level 5 : 150/300. Get moved to a new table and after a couple of hands I pick up AK in the BB. The guy to my right was clearly the table captain and he raises my blind by 1000. Obviously I move all-in and he calls with QQ. The table seemed surprised he had a hand. I hit my A to double up. The very next hand I get AA and just call his button raise. The flop is an innocuous 752 so I bet 1500 which he calls. The turn is a J and I check - he bets 3000 and I decide to move all-in hoping he has something. After a lot of chat - he eventually folds. So now I have 15000 chips. There are about 60 players left so I am doing pretty well then...
Cooler 1. I have TT in mid position so I make a standard raise to 900. The SB calls. The flop is 457 with 2 spades and when he checks to me I bet out 1500 into the 2100 pot. He then moves all-in for 2500 more. I don't think I can fold here - I can't really put him on an over pair and if he has a set then so be it. He shows KK and so by then end of the level I am down to 9000 chips
Level 6 : 200/400. I get no real hands but manage to tread water with a couple of late position steal raises - so I finish the level with still around 9000.
Level 7 : 300/600. I scrape along and we are just about to move to Level 8 when
Cooler 2. I have KK in late position and I min raise a limper from early position, so when it gets back to him he has to call 600 into a 2500 pot. I min raised to see what he did - if he flat calls and an A flops then I would be able to fold. However he moves all-in. I guess I could have folded, but I would have only had 6000 chips for the 400/800 level - and given my raise looked quite weak he could have done this with AK or perhaps QQ. Unfortunately it was AA and I was knocked out.
So do you think I could have avoided these hands?
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