kyro
07-25-2004, 09:15 PM
There is no intelligent content here. It's a bad beat, but I'm not here looking for you sympathy. I just think the way this hand developed was amazing. (Note: I probably shouldn't have called the all-in here, I'm actually quite fortunate he didn't have me dominated) Anyways, emotions went from up, to down, to up, to down...observe.
OK, two table SNG at Stars. I have short stack at my table, with 11 left. Blinds are 25/50, so I still have chips to play with, hence making my call dumb. I'm dealt 88 on the button, 4 limpers, and I raise to 250, very next guy re-raises me all-in. I think, I think some more, and decide that 1000 chips with blinds at 50 are too small to play with (idiotic) so I call. Everyone else folds...he turns up AKo.
Yay, so at least I'm ahead, not by much. Flop comes AK2. OK, apparently I'm not destined to win this tourney...
Turn: 8
Holy crap, my two outer hits on the turn. I pump my fists and do a dance, in enough time to turn around and see the river bring a....
River: K
Well, poorly played by me (I underestimate the power of 1000 chips) but talk about going from high to low to high to low in a matter of seconds.
OK, flame away for clogging up your board /images/graemlins/smile.gif
OK, two table SNG at Stars. I have short stack at my table, with 11 left. Blinds are 25/50, so I still have chips to play with, hence making my call dumb. I'm dealt 88 on the button, 4 limpers, and I raise to 250, very next guy re-raises me all-in. I think, I think some more, and decide that 1000 chips with blinds at 50 are too small to play with (idiotic) so I call. Everyone else folds...he turns up AKo.
Yay, so at least I'm ahead, not by much. Flop comes AK2. OK, apparently I'm not destined to win this tourney...
Turn: 8
Holy crap, my two outer hits on the turn. I pump my fists and do a dance, in enough time to turn around and see the river bring a....
River: K
Well, poorly played by me (I underestimate the power of 1000 chips) but talk about going from high to low to high to low in a matter of seconds.
OK, flame away for clogging up your board /images/graemlins/smile.gif